noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The setting of written material into type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: composition
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of typeset
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَنْضِيد
(tanḍīd)
— setting or composition
Bulgarian:
набор
(nabor)
— setting or composition
Chinese Mandarin:
排版
(páibǎn)
— setting or composition
Czech:
sazba
— setting or composition
Dutch:
zetwerk
— setting or composition
Dutch:
letterzetten
— setting or composition
Finnish:
ladonta
— setting or composition
French:
composition
— setting or composition
German:
Satz
— setting or composition
German:
Schriftsatz
— setting or composition
Greek:
στοιχειοθεσία
(stoicheiothesía)
— setting or composition
Hungarian:
betűszedés
— setting or composition
Hungarian:
szedés
— setting or composition
Hungarian:
tördelés
— setting or composition
Irish:
clóchur
— setting or composition
Irish:
clóchuradóireacht
— setting or composition
Irish:
cló-eagar
— setting or composition
Italian:
composizione
— setting or composition
Japanese:
組版
(kumihan)
— setting or composition
Russian:
вёрстка
(vjórstka)
— setting or composition
Russian:
типогра́фский набо́р
(tipográfskij nabór)
— setting or composition
Russian:
набо́р
(nabór)
— setting or composition
Spanish:
composición tipográfica
— setting or composition
