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To type using a typewriter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- 1925, William Frederick Book, Learning to Typewrite: With a Discussion of the Psychology and Pedagogy of Skill, The Gregg pub. co., These facts are set forth for learning to typewrite in Part II of this book.
- 1935, New Jersey Secondary School Teachers' Association, Lord Dufferin School. Old Boys Association, Yearbook, page 215, IF THE businessman discovers that his new office worker cannot spell, typewrite, compute percentage or punctuate properly, he is immediately confronted with a series of in-training problems.
- 1944, Robert Luther Duffus, The Innocents at Cedro: A Memoir of Thorsein Veblen and Some Others, The Macmillan company, page 71, I began to typewrite copy letters for him, and I have never been long free from the typewriter since.
- 1994, Kas Mazurek and Margret A. Winzer, Comparative Studies in Special Education, Gallaudet University Press, page 193, Third, a major barrier for blind and physically handicapped children is removed by permitting them to typewrite their answers during public examinations.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
write by means of a keyboard with types
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- type the acceptance letter, please
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: type
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: write
Narrower terms: shift, backspace, double-space, triple-space, touch-type
Back-formation from typewriter.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
shtyp
— verb
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Arabic:
طَبَعَ
(ṭabaʕa)
— verb
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Armenian:
տպել
(tpel)
— verb
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Bulgarian:
пиша на машина
(piša na mašina)
— verb
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Catalan:
mecanografiar
— verb
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Chinese Cantonese:
打字
(daa2 zi6)
— verb
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Hakka Chinese:
打字
(tá-sṳ)
— verb
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Chinese:
拍字
(phah-jī, phah-lī)
— verb
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Chinese:
打字
(tán-jī, tán-lī)
— verb
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Chinese Mandarin:
打字
(dǎzì)
— verb
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Czech:
psát na stroji
— verb
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Dutch:
typen
— verb
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Dutch:
tikken
— verb
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Esperanto:
tajpi
— verb
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Finnish:
kirjoittaa koneella
— verb
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French:
taper à la machine
— verb
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French:
dactylographier
— verb
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French:
taper
— verb
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Galician:
mecanografar
— verb
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Georgian:
კრეფს
(ḳreps)
— verb
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German:
tippen
— verb
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German:
Maschine schreiben
— verb
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German:
mit der Schreibmaschine schreiben
— verb
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Greek:
δακτυλογραφώ
(daktylografó)
— verb
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Hebrew:
הִקְלִיד
(hiklid)
— verb
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Hungarian:
gépel
— verb
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Hungarian:
legépel
— verb
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Icelandic:
pikka
— verb
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Irish:
clóscríobh
— verb
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Italian:
dattilografare
— verb
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Japanese:
打つ
(utsu)
— verb
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Japanese:
打鍵する
(daken suru)
— verb
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Japanese:
タイプする
(taipu suru)
— verb
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Japanese:
タイプライターで打つ
(taipuraitā de utsu)
— verb
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Korean:
타자하다
(tajahada)
— verb
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Korean:
타이프하다
(taipeuhada)
— verb
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Malay:
tekan
— verb
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Malay:
taip
— verb
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Malay:
menaip (in Malaysia)
— verb
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Malay:
ketik
— verb
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Malay:
mengetik
— verb
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Māori:
pato
— verb
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Māori:
patopato
— verb
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Khiamniungan Naga:
hèu
— verb
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Portuguese:
datilografar
— verb
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Russian:
писа́ть на маши́нке
(pisátʹ na mašínke)
— verb
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Russian:
печа́тать
(pečátatʹ)
— verb
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Russian:
напеча́тать
(napečátatʹ)
— verb
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Scottish Gaelic:
taidhp
— verb
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Scottish Gaelic:
clò-sgrìobh
— verb
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Spanish:
escribir a máquina
— verb
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Spanish:
mecanografiar
— verb
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Spanish:
tipear
— verb
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Spanish:
dactilografiar
— verb
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Swedish:
maskinskriva
— verb
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Turkish:
tuşlamak
— verb
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Unami:
sësàphitehike
— verb
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Vietnamese:
đánh máy
— verb
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Vietnamese:
đánh chữ
— verb
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Welsh:
teipio
— verb
