stenograph

[ sten-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
2. a character written in shorthand.

verb (used with object)

1. to write in shorthand.

stenograph

/ -ˌɡrɑːf; ˈstɛnəˌɡræf /

noun

1. any of various keyboard machines for writing in shorthand
2. any character used in shorthand

verb

1. tr to record (speeches, minutes, letters, etc) in shorthand

Word History and Origins

Origin of stenograph¹

First recorded in 1815–25; steno- + -graph

Example Sentences

I cannot repeat what he said; I was too much engrossed to take my note-book out and begin to stenograph his story.

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Did she have any sort of a machine, such as a stenograph, as the gentleman who is serving as court reporter has?

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Slowly she tottered to the desk and sank down into her chair by the stenograph.

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I cannot repeat what he said; I was too much engrossed to take my notebook out, and begin to stenograph his story.

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Leah Hachovnik settled down before the compact stenograph machine, her shoulders slumped, her thin mouth drooping at the corners.

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