What does "typing" mean?
Assigning or classification by type.
Typing
/ˈtaɪpɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Assigning or classification by type.
- Grammar: typing is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: abo typing, blood grouping, blood type test, categorization.
- Useful contrasts: handwritten notation, spanish letra, backspace.
- Usage evidence: As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
How to use "typing"
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Meaning check
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- Is there enough surrounding context to prevent ambiguity?
Source and review context
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Assigning or classification by type. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: classifying, categorizing; classification, categorization; sorting"
- 2 writing done with a typewriter wordnet
- 3 The act of typing on a keyboard. countable, uncountable
""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
- 1 present participle and gerund of type form-of, gerund, participle, present
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "typing"?
Common synonyms include: abo typing, blood grouping, blood type test, categorization, classification, cryptography.
How do you use "typing" in a sentence?
As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
How do you pronounce "typing"?
Pronounced /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/.
Etymology
By surface analysis, type + -ing.