What does "typing" mean?

Assigning or classification by type.

Typing

Q: What is a synonym for "typing"?

Common synonyms include: ;, categorization, categorizing, classification, classifying, cryptography.

//ˈtaɪpɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

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

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;categorization categorizing classification classifying cryptography

Antonyms

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writing

Example

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"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."

Etymology

By surface analysis, type + -ing.

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