typing
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typing
- /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aɪpɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, type + -ing.
noun typings
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Assignment or classification by type.
Near-synonyms: classifying, categorizing; classification, categorization; sorting
Similar: classifying, categorizing, classification, categorization, sorting
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The assignment of data types for variables.
Similar: classifying, categorizing, classification, categorization, sorting
- The act of one who types on a keyboard. "My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."
verb
- present participle and gerund of type
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: typewriting, typewritten, typist, typographical, typewriter, printing, keyboarding, handwriting, keyboard, keypad, writing, scribe, write, transcription, strike, transcript
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noun assigning by type
| Español | tipificación |
|---|---|
| Français | typage |
| Italiano | classificazione |
noun the act of typing
| Español | tecleado, tecleo, tipeo, taipeo, taipeada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 타자 taja |
| 日本語 | タイピング taipingu, タイプ taipu |
| 中文 | 打字 dǎzì |
| Português | digitação |
| Français | dactylographie |
| Deutsch | Maschinenschreiben, Tippen |
| Italiano | digitazione |
| Ελληνικά | δακτυλογράφηση daktylográfisi, πληκτρολόγηση pliktrológisi |
| Русский | печа́тание на маши́нке pečátanije na mašínke, печа́тание pečátanije, маши́нопись mašínopisʹ, дактилогра́фия daktilográfija |
Talk about this word "typing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/typing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. typing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/typing "typing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/typing.Cite this
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