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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.
Gabrielle Zevin

Meaning of "touch-type" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOUCH-TYPE

touch-type play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOUCH-TYPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Touch-Type 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 touch-type in English.

WHAT DOES TOUCH-TYPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

touch-type

Touch typing

Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. Specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory. Touch typing typically involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard and having them reach for other keys. Both two-handed touch typing and one-handed touch typing are possible. Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah who taught typing classes, reportedly invented touch typing in 1888. On a standard keyboard for English speakers the home row keys are: "ASDF" for the left hand and "JKL;" for the right hand. The keyboard is called a QWERTY keyboard because these are the first six letters on the keyboard. Most modern computer keyboards have a raised dot or bar on the home keys for the index fingers to help touch typists maintain and rediscover the correct position on the keyboard quickly with no need to look at the keys. More recently, the ability to touch type on touchscreen phones has been made possible with the use of specialized virtual keyboard software for touch typing.

Definition of touch-type in the English dictionary

The definition of touch-type in the dictionary is to type without having to look at the keys of the typewriter.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TOUCH-TYPE

PRESENT

Present
I touch-type
you touch-type
he/she/it touch-types
we touch-type
you touch-type
they touch-type
Present continuous
I am touch-typing
you are touch-typing
he/she/it is touch-typing
we are touch-typing
you are touch-typing
they are touch-typing
Present perfect
I have touch-typed
you have touch-typed
he/she/it has touch-typed
we have touch-typed
you have touch-typed
they have touch-typed
Present perfect continuous
I have been touch-typing
you have been touch-typing
he/she/it has been touch-typing
we have been touch-typing
you have been touch-typing
they have been touch-typing
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 touch-typed
you touch-typed
he/she/it touch-typed
we touch-typed
you touch-typed
they touch-typed
Past continuous
I was touch-typing
you were touch-typing
he/she/it was touch-typing
we were touch-typing
you were touch-typing
they were touch-typing
Past perfect
I had touch-typed
you had touch-typed
he/she/it had touch-typed
we had touch-typed
you had touch-typed
they had touch-typed
Past perfect continuous
I had been touch-typing
you had been touch-typing
he/she/it had been touch-typing
we had been touch-typing
you had been touch-typing
they had been touch-typing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will touch-type
you will touch-type
he/she/it will touch-type
we will touch-type
you will touch-type
they will touch-type
Future continuous
I will be touch-typing
you will be touch-typing
he/she/it will be touch-typing
we will be touch-typing
you will be touch-typing
they will be touch-typing
Future perfect
I will have touch-typed
you will have touch-typed
he/she/it will have touch-typed
we will have touch-typed
you will have touch-typed
they will have touch-typed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been touch-typing
you will have been touch-typing
he/she/it will have been touch-typing
we will have been touch-typing
you will have been touch-typing
they will have been touch-typing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you touch-type
we let´s touch-type
you touch-type
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to touch-type
Past participle
touch-typed
Present Participle
touch-typing
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 TOUCH-TYPE

touch rugby
touch screen
touch system
touch up
touch-and-go
touch-in-goal
touch-me-not
touch-ready
touch-sensitive
touch-tone
touch-typing
touch-typist
touchable
touchableness
touchback
touchdown
touched
toucher
touchhole
touchier

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOUCH-TYPE

archetype
biotype
blood type
e-type
genotype
holotype
logotype
n-type
p-type
phenotype
phototype
prototype
retype
stereotype
subtype
tintype
tissue type
type
wild type
word-type

Synonyms and antonyms of touch-type in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «touch-type» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOUCH-TYPE

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

Translator English - Chinese

触摸式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de tipo táctil
570 millions of speakers

English

touch-type
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पर्श प्रकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لمسة من نوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сенсорный тип
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tipo de toque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্পর্শ-টাইপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de type tactile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sentuh jenis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Touch - Typ
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タッチ式
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

터치 형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tutul-tutul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảm ứng loại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடு வகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टच-टाईप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dokunmatik tipi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

touch- tipo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Typ dotykowym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сенсорний тип
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de tip tactil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφής τύπου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

raak -tipe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

berörings typ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

berøring -type
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of touch-type

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCH-TYPE»

The term «touch-type» is normally little used and occupies the 110.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCH-TYPE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «touch-type» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «touch-type» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about touch-type

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QUOTES WITH «TOUCH-TYPE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word touch-type.
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Gabrielle Zevin
When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUCH-TYPE»

Discover the use of touch-type in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to touch-type and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Learn to Touch Type a Quick and Easy Way: Learn in 4 Simple ...
Learn to Touch-Type in a Quick and Easy Way is a simple guide that uses a method that will help a person that is not familiar with touch-typing. It uses an easy and quick way to help you to learn how to touch-type and develop the skill.
Careen, 2012
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Mastering Computer Typing: A Painless Course for Beginners ...
Provides instructions and exercises for learning to use a computer keyboard and numeric keypad, prepare tables, letters, and manuscripts, proofread, and work in DOS, UNIX, and various programming languages
Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, 1995
3
Illustrator CC: Visual QuickStart Guide
Using. the. Touch. Type. tool. With the Touch Type tool, you can quickly extend, condense, lengthen, shorten, rotate, or shift an individual character manually. This will be a fun break from all the technical skills you have learned in this chapter!
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas, 2013
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HCI International 2011 Posters' Extended Abstracts: ...
Demand for a non-touch type input system has been increasing with the development of large-display technology. One of the non-touch type input system is a system based on gesture recognition. There is a lot of research on gesture ...
Constantine Stephanidis, 2011
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Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book
Tip: You can also click and hold down the mouse button on the Type tool () in the Tools panel, and select the Touch Type tool () from the menu. Tip: By dragging the upper-left corner point of the box, you can adjustjust the vertical scale.
Adobe Creative Team, 2013
6
The Power of Touch During Communication Within Heterosexual ...
measurements (i.e., frequency of touch, type of touch, who initiated the touch, and behavior while touching). Whether the touch was supportive was also coded. Type of touch was coded as either hand touch or non-hand touch. Hand touch was ...
Joann C. Seeman Smith, 2007
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How to Detect and Manage Dyslexia: A Reference and Resource ...
Why is it necessary to learn to touch type? Keyboard skills have to be taught and practised. Like all motor skills, they improve and get better with practice. Experts have different views on whether the pupil should be taught touch typing (using ...
Philomena Ott, 1997
8
Information Technology for Pharmacists
Being able to touch type allows text to be entered into the computer subconsciously, without needing to look where the letters are on the keyboard. This means that the user can concentrate on what needs to be input, rather than the mechanics ...
Richard Fisher, 2006
9
InfoWorld
Touch Type generates high-quality large type for use in logos, headlines, and advertisements. Touch Type also has pair kerning capability. Longtime Next developer Frame Technology Corp. of San Jose, California, recently introduced Frame ...
10
Internet Programming with Visual Basic
Asking an ASP /VB programmer to learn lavaScript is like asking a pro grammer to learn to touch-type. Oh, well. All programmers know that being able to touch- type will make them much more productive. However, how many programmers out ...
Budi Kurniawan, 2000

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUCH-TYPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term touch-type is used in the context of the following news items.
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Would YOU touch-type on this chunk-tastic keyboard?
The TREWGrip keyboard is designed for butter-fingered mobile users who are keen to touch type as fluidly on their smartphones as they would on a desktop ... «The Register, Mar 15»
2
'excellent' GP Dr Nihal Elalpatha suspended because he couldn't …
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service also heard that Dr Elapatha was unable to touch-type and was not able to record everything that happened during an ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
3
This tiny keyboard lets you touch-type on your phone
There are plenty of keyboard docks and extensions available for smartphones and tablets, but even in a crowded market the TextBlade stands out: This new $99 ... «Digital Trends, Jan 15»
4
Ask LH: Should I Learn Touch Typing On The Dvorak Keyboard?
If you don't know how to touch type, you should definitely learn QWERTY. ... learned to touch-type on a DVORAK keyboard you will have transitioning problems. «Lifehacker Australia, Oct 13»
5
Gove's curriculum reform: Who cares about the capital of Peru if …
(But you don't even need to invest in Ten Thumbs: there are computer games and YouTube tutorials for learning to touch-type.) Touch-typing isn't just an office ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 13»
6
Touch-type on your tablet with these Bluetooth keyboards
No matter how touch-friendly the latest mobile OS is, many people still gravitate towards pushing actual buttons to type out emails, letters, and ... «TechHive, Dec 12»
7
The bionic arm that's so sophisticated you can even touch-type
Incredibly, the robotic arm is so sensitive it means the father-of-one can touch type on a computer keyboard, peel vegetables, and even dress himself for the first ... «Daily Mail, Nov 12»
8
Gadgetwise | Touch-Type With Your Thumbs
Are you cursed with fat, slow thumbs? Now that mini-keyboards are ubiquitous, being a mediocre thumb typist is a 21st century handicap. But what if your highly ... «New York Times, Mar 10»

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