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Meaning of "tapped" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAPPED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAPPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tapped is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tapped in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TAPPED

PRESENT

Present
I tap
you tap
he/she/it taps
we tap
you tap
they tap
Present continuous
I am tapping
you are tapping
he/she/it is tapping
we are tapping
you are tapping
they are tapping
Present perfect
I have tapped
you have tapped
he/she/it has tapped
we have tapped
you have tapped
they have tapped
Present perfect continuous
I have been tapping
you have been tapping
he/she/it has been tapping
we have been tapping
you have been tapping
they have been tapping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I tapped
you tapped
he/she/it tapped
we tapped
you tapped
they tapped
Past continuous
I was tapping
you were tapping
he/she/it was tapping
we were tapping
you were tapping
they were tapping
Past perfect
I had tapped
you had tapped
he/she/it had tapped
we had tapped
you had tapped
they had tapped
Past perfect continuous
I had been tapping
you had been tapping
he/she/it had been tapping
we had been tapping
you had been tapping
they had been tapping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will tap
you will tap
he/she/it will tap
we will tap
you will tap
they will tap
Future continuous
I will be tapping
you will be tapping
he/she/it will be tapping
we will be tapping
you will be tapping
they will be tapping
Future perfect
I will have tapped
you will have tapped
he/she/it will have tapped
we will have tapped
you will have tapped
they will have tapped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been tapping
you will have been tapping
he/she/it will have been tapping
we will have been tapping
you will have been tapping
they will have been tapping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would tapped
you would tapped
he/she/it would tapped
we would tapped
you would tapped
they would tapped
Conditional continuous
I would be tapping
you would be tapping
he/she/it would be tapping
we would be tapping
you would be tapping
they would be tapping
Conditional perfect
I would have tapped
you would have tapped
he/she/it would have tapped
we would have tapped
you would have tapped
they would have tapped
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been tapping
you would have been tapping
he/she/it would have been tapping
we would have been tapping
you would have been tapping
they would have been tapping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you tap
we let´s tap
you tap
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to tap
Past participle
tapped
Present Participle
tapping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAPPED

taphonomy
taphouse
taphrogenesis
tapioca
tapir
tapiroid
tapis
taplash
tapotement
tappable
tapper
tappet
tappice
tapping
tapping up
tappit-hen
taproom
taproot
taprooted
taps

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAPPED

capped
handicapped
happed
kidnapped
lapped
mapped
mentally handicapped
overlapped
rapped
recapped
scrapped
slapped
snapped
stopped
strapped
swapped
trapped
uncapped
untapped
unwrapped
wrapped

Synonyms and antonyms of tapped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TAPPED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tapped» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tapped
beat · bleed · broach · bug · bung · drain · draw off · draw on · drum · drumming · exploit · faucet · knock · listening device · make use of · milk · mine · monitor · open · pat · pierce · plug · rap · spigot · spile · spout · stopcock · stopper · strike · touch · use · utilize · valve · wiretap

Translation of «tapped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAPPED

Find out the translation of tapped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tapped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tapped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窃听
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aprovechado
570 millions of speakers

English

tapped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استغلالها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постучал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aproveitado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাপড় মেরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taraudé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ditoreh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gewinde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tapped
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khai thác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॅप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dağılmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfruttato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na podsłuchu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

постукав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exploatat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αξιοποιηθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geput
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knackade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tappet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tapped

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPPED»

The term «tapped» is very widely used and occupies the 19.402 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAPPED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tapped

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «TAPPED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tapped.
1
Jim Barksdale
We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.
2
Alexandre Dumas
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door.
3
Jonathan Franzen
When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.
4
Bryan Fuller
I read 'Red Dragon' back in high school. I love Thomas Harris' approach to the crime thriller that crossed over into horror in a way that nobody really tapped into.
5
Rachel Joyce
I went through a stage of writing my cramped hand in tiny books. My two sisters and I did have our Bronte period. My mum is from Yorkshire, and we would go up to the Moors. It tapped into our romantic visions of ourselves.
6
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE.
7
Mike Lowry
We have an electronic vein we have tapped and applied it to a rock setting like tons of bands out there.
8
Michael Mandelbaum
The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.
9
Heather Morris
I am thrilled FLIRT! tapped into me to be their new Style Ambassador. I love FLIRT! products because they help me express my own personal style - especially when I want to stand out on set or in the crowd. What could be more fun than getting to play with makeup and fragrance and tell people all about it!
10
Peter Nygard
I actually ended up in fashion as opposed to sport because I needed the money. And it turned out that it tapped all my skills.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPPED»

Discover the use of tapped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tapped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe
The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe is a popular inspirational work by author Glenn Clark. The focus of this work is the life of Walter Russell.
Glenn Clark, 2008
2
Tapped Out: Rear Naked Chokes, the Octagon, and the Last ...
Out of shape and over the hill, he jumped headlong into the world of MMA. In Tapped Out, Polly chronicles his grueling yet redeeming two-year journey through an often misunderstood sport.
Matthew Polly, 2011
3
Tapped Out by Jesus: From the Cage to the Cross
Finally, when he was thirty - five, he discovered the peace that only Jesus can give. This book shows that ''tapping out to Jesus'' is the only real answer to all of life's struggles.
Ron Waterman, 2011
4
Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can ...
Former Senator Paul Simon delivers stirring eveidence of a catastrophic water crisis which will explode upon the global community unless drastic measures are taken in all corners of the world, including in our own backyards.
Paul Simon, 2001
5
Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope ...
Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks ? Jerry Skees, Panos Varangis, Donald Larson and Paul Siegel Introduction Poor households with little or no wealth are particularly vulnerable to risks that ...
Donald Larson, Paul Siegel, Panos Varangis, 2002
6
THE SIMPSONS: TAPPED OUT GAME GUIDE: DOWNLOAD THE GAME FOR ...
This guide is to be used as a reference and as such does not modify the game in any way. This is a written guide and not a software program.
Josh Abbott
7
Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition
A more economical design that is commonly used is a tapped-feeder arrangement. In such a design, a DC feeder is tapped for supply to a circuit breaker trip coil. The individual tapped circuits are usually fused. When a breaker is equipped ...
J. Lewis Blackburn, Thomas J. Domin, 2006
8
OFDM Systems for Wireless Communications
Frequency selective channels are commonly represented using the tapped delay line model. In a tapped delay line model, a data line is tapped at different time delays, weighted with different values, and then summed together to provide an ...
Adarsh Narasimhamurthy, Mahesh Banavar, Cihan Tepedelenliouglu, 2010
9
Australian Mammal Society
Characteristics of trees tapped for sap by Petaurus australis were investigated at 113 localities in northeastern New South Wales. Trees preferentially tapped for sap by P. australis were smooth- barked eucalypts with relatively low cambial ...
10
Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living With Joy
She also wrote this book. No longer able to walk or even lift her arms, she tapped it out letter by letter on her iPhone using only her right thumb, the last finger still working. And yet Until I Say Good-Bye is not angry or bitter.
Susan Spencer-Wendel, Bret Witter, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAPPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tapped is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gov. Bentley tapped to serve on national governors' committee
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —Alabama's governor has been tapped to serve as vice chair of the National Governors Association Education and Workforce Committee. «WVTM13, Jul 15»
2
12 Cape May County Officials Tapped to Aid Christie's Campaign
... campaign for Governor Chris Christie named announced more than 200 New Jersey residents – elected officials and businesspersons – have been tapped to ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»
3
The Simpsons: Tapped Out: Tap Ball Comes to Springfield
In honor of the Women's World Cup, EA Mobile has updated The Simpsons: Tapped Out with a major sports-themed content update. The update sees Homer ... «SocialTimes, Jun 15»
4
Longtime corrections consultant tapped as Rikers monitor
A longtime corrections consultant with prior experience as a monitor at Rikers Island has been tapped to oversee the settlement between New York City and a ... «Capital New York, Jun 15»
5
Phones can be tapped in corruption cases, CBI says
HYDERABAD: Though Andhra Pradesh government officials have been alleging that their Telangana counterparts were resorting to an illegal act by tapping ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
6
Navy Exec and Former War College Director Tapped to Lead …
Navy Exec and Former War College Director Tapped to Lead Portsmouth. Richard Rainer, a former director at the Naval War College in Newport, said he's ... «Patch.com, May 15»
7
RSA exec tapped to lead product development at Cambridge …
Cambridge-based security startup Onapsis said Thursday that it tapped former RSA executive Ron Trackey as its vice president of product development. Trackey ... «Boston Business Journal, May 15»
8
Former Cranston police chief tapped as new DMV administrator
The state Department of Revenue announced that Walter Craddock was tapped for the post. The revenue department's acting director, David Sullivan, says ... «WLNE-TV, May 15»
9
Councilman Ford tapped to be social services commissioner
Mayor Jim Gray released a statement Wednesday announcing that he had tapped Ford to replace Beth Mills, who is retiring. “Chris is passionate about helping ... «WKYT, Mar 15»
10
The Simpsons: Tapped Out Receives Superhero Update
EA Mobile has released its latest content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out on mobile, introducing a comic book-inspired story arc to players. Villains are ... «AllFacebook, Feb 15»

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