Standard Lemma guide

typing

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪpɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Assignment or classification by type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: classifying, categorizing; classification, categorization; sorting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: classifying, categorizing, classification, categorization, sorting

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Assignment or classification by type.

The assignment of data types for variables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: classifying, categorizing, classification, categorization, sorting

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of one who types on a keyboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of type

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

5

noun

Meaning 5

writing done with a typewriter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: typewriting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writing

Narrower terms: double-spacing, single-spacing, triple-spacing, touch typing, touch system

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, type + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: typage — assigning by type
  • Italian: classificazione — assigning by type
  • Polish: klasyfikacja — assigning by type
  • Spanish: tipificación — assigning by type
  • Finnish: tyypitys — computer science
  • Assamese: টাইপ কৰা (taip kora) — the act of typing
  • Assamese: লিখা (likha) — the act of typing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打字 (dǎzì) — the act of typing
  • Finnish: konekirjoitus — the act of typing
  • French: dactylographie — the act of typing
  • Georgian: აკრეფა (aḳrepa) — the act of typing
  • German: Maschinenschreiben — the act of typing
  • German: Tippen — the act of typing
  • Greek: δακτυλογράφηση (daktylográfisi) — the act of typing
  • Greek: πληκτρολόγηση (pliktrológisi) — the act of typing
  • Hungarian: gépelés — the act of typing
  • Irish: clóscríbhneoireacht — the act of typing
  • Irish: clóscríobh — the act of typing
  • Italian: digitazione — the act of typing
  • Japanese: タイピング (taipingu) — the act of typing
  • Japanese: タイプ (taipu) — the act of typing
  • Korean: 타자 (taja) — the act of typing
  • Macedonian: дактилографија (daktilografija) — the act of typing
  • Māori: patopatohanga — the act of typing
  • Polish: pisanie na klawiaturze — the act of typing
  • Portuguese: digitação — the act of typing
  • Russian: печа́тание на маши́нке (pečátanije na mašínke) — the act of typing
  • Russian: печа́тание (pečátanije) — the act of typing
  • Russian: маши́нопись (mašínopisʹ) — the act of typing
  • Russian: дактилогра́фия (daktilográfija) — the act of typing
  • Spanish: tecleado — the act of typing
  • Spanish: tecleo — the act of typing
  • Spanish: tipeo — the act of typing
  • Spanish: taipeo — the act of typing
  • Spanish: taipeada — the act of typing
  • Turkish: daktilo ile yazma — the act of typing
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