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Princeton's WordNet

  1. typing, typewritingnoun

    writing done with a typewriter

Wiktionary

  1. typingnoun

    Assigning or classification by type.

  2. typingnoun

    the act of typing on a keyboard.

Wikipedia

  1. Typing

    Typing is the process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, computer keyboard, mobile phone or calculator. It can be distinguished from other means of text input, such as handwriting and speech recognition. Text can be in the form of letters, numbers and other symbols. The world's first typist was Lillian Sholes from Wisconsin in the US, the daughter of Christopher Sholes, who invented the first practical typewriter.User interface features such as spell checker and autocomplete serve to facilitate and speed up typing and to prevent or correct errors the typist may make.

ChatGPT

  1. typing

    Typing is the process of inputting text or data into a computer, phone, typewriter, or any other device, by pressing keys on a keyboard. It involves the use of specific fingers to press different characters on a keyboard in order to input information swiftly and accurately. The term can also refer to identifying the nature or characteristics of something, such as blood typing in medicine.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Typing

    of Type

Wikidata

  1. Typing

    Typing is the process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, keyboard, cell phone, or a calculator. It can be distinguished from other means of text input, such as handwriting and speech recognition. The world's first typist was Lillian Sholes from Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Christopher Sholes, the man who invented the first practical typewriter. User interface features such as spell checker, autocomplete, and autoreplace serve to facilitate and speed up typing and to prevent or correct errors the typist may make.

Editors Contribution

  1. typingverb

    Verb form of the word type.

    The typing speed was amazing, when we touch type our typing speed is so productive.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of typing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of typing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of typing in a Sentence

  1. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

    Trust was created, it was this trust that got things done. The text is very complicated and very long etcetera, and in the last version of the text, the stenographers made a typing error... Instead of saying - as in the two previous versions - that the parties 'should' do this and that, 'shall.' was written.

  2. Avi Bar-Zeev:

    My biggest concern about the metaverse is : Are we ready ? are we emotionally evolved enough yet to move beyond the safe division of having screens between us and typing words ?

  3. The IG:

    Comey said he had a secure FBI laptop waiting for him in his FBI vehicle and that when he got into the vehicle, he was handed the laptop and began typing as the vehicle moved.

  4. The Meatball Shop owner:

    This is absolutely brilliant, often I want a pizza, but just dialing that number and talking to people or typing in my computer is just cumbersome.

  5. Amanda Schneider:

    Discord told me I couldn't do anything unless I had specific links to the text thread that showed my son verifying his age — such as typing' I am 13,' which was shared through a voice [ chat ] — and the other person verifying his age before an incident happened, it was just awful ; there was no help at all.

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Translations for typing

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  • Tippen, MaschinenschreibenGerman
  • tecleadoSpanish
  • typage, dactylographieFrench
  • clóscríbhneoireachtIrish
  • digitazione, classificazioneItalian
  • タイプ, タイピングJapanese
  • дактилографијаMacedonian
  • tastareRomanian
  • дактилография, печатание, машинопись, печатание на машинке, типированиеRussian

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