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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

Freebase

  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. Anonymous:

    If you put a billion monkeys in front of a billion typewriters typing at random, they would reproduce the entire collected works of Usenet in about ... five minutes.

  2. Chris Rouland:

    If we sent unencrypted keyboard strokes as if we were a mouse it started typing on the computer, typing at a 1000 words per minute.

  3. Brian Tracy:

    Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.

  4. An English Professor, Ohio University:

    I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.

  5. Sacha Pfeiffer:

    All along the process, I'd hear from her by phone, by text, by email. Even on set sometimes, I'd get text messages saying 'Now, would you have taken notes in a notebook or by typing on a computer?' so all along the way I got an inside look at how much she cared about the details, how much she wanted to be accurate and it was a window to me on to how hard really good actors work.

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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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