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Meaning of "typewrite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TYPEWRITE

typewrite  [ˈtaɪpˌraɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TYPEWRITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Typewrite 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 typewrite in English.

WHAT DOES TYPEWRITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress. The machine prints characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing. A video on the history of typewriters and how they operate. After their invention in the 1860s, typewriters quickly became indispensable tools for practically all writing other than personal correspondence. They were widely used by professional writers, in offices, and for business correspondence in private homes. By the end of the 1980s, word processors and personal computers had largely displaced typewriters in most of these uses in the Western world, but as of the 2010s the typewriter is still prominent in many parts of the world including India. 1920s Underwood typewriter with Swedish layout. This video shows the operation of a typewriter. Disassembled parts of an Adler Favorit mechanical typewriter.

Definition of typewrite in the English dictionary

The definition of typewrite in the dictionary is to write by means of a typewriter; type.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TYPEWRITE

PRESENT

Present
I typewrite
you typewrite
he/she/it typewrites
we typewrite
you typewrite
they typewrite
Present continuous
I am typewriting
you are typewriting
he/she/it is typewriting
we are typewriting
you are typewriting
they are typewriting
Present perfect
I have typewritten
you have typewritten
he/she/it has typewritten
we have typewritten
you have typewritten
they have typewritten
Present perfect continuous
I have been typewriting
you have been typewriting
he/she/it has been typewriting
we have been typewriting
you have been typewriting
they have been typewriting
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 typewrote
you typewrote
he/she/it typewrote
we typewrote
you typewrote
they typewrote
Past continuous
I was typewriting
you were typewriting
he/she/it was typewriting
we were typewriting
you were typewriting
they were typewriting
Past perfect
I had typewritten
you had typewritten
he/she/it had typewritten
we had typewritten
you had typewritten
they had typewritten
Past perfect continuous
I had been typewriting
you had been typewriting
he/she/it had been typewriting
we had been typewriting
you had been typewriting
they had been typewriting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you typewrite
we let´s typewrite
you typewrite
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to typewrite
Past participle
typewritten
Present Participle
typewriting
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 RHYME WITH TYPEWRITE


birthright
ˈbɜːθˌraɪt
cartwright
ˈkɑːtˌraɪt
copyright
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt
cordierite
ˈkɔːdɪəˌraɪt
diorite
ˈdaɪəˌraɪt
downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪt
forthright
ˈfɔːθˌraɪt
laterite
ˈlætəˌraɪt
meteorite
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt
millwright
ˈmɪlˌraɪt
outright
ˈaʊtˌraɪt
playwright
ˈpleɪˌraɪt
Plowright
ˈplaʊˌraɪt
shipwright
ˈʃɪpˌraɪt
sphalerite
ˈsfæləˌraɪt
sybarite
ˈsɪbəˌraɪt
underwrite
ˈʊndəˌraɪt
upright
ˈʌpˌraɪt
wainwright
ˈweɪnˌraɪt
wheelwright
ˈwiːlˌraɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TYPEWRITE

type foundry
type I error
type II error
type metal
type specimen
type-high
typebar
typecase
typecast
typecaster
typecasting
typeface
typescript
typeset
typesetter
typesetting
typewriter
typewriting
typewritten
typewrote

WORDS THAT END LIKE TYPEWRITE

cowrite
favourite
ferrite
freewrite
ghostwrite
handwrite
hypocrite
marguerite
miswrite
neurite
nitrite
outwrite
overwrite
rewrite
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skywrite
sprite
unfavorite
unwrite
write

Synonyms and antonyms of typewrite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «typewrite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TYPEWRITE

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

Translator English - Chinese

打字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

typewrite
570 millions of speakers

English

typewrite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टाइप करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

typewrite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

машинным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

typewrite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টাইপ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dactylographier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesin tik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schreibmaschinen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

typewrite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타자기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Typewrite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh máy chư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

typewrite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टंकलेखन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

daktilo ile yazmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

typewrite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

typewrite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

машинним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dactilografia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

typewrite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tikmasjienstyl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrivmaskinstyp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

write
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of typewrite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPEWRITE»

The term «typewrite» is regularly used and occupies the 85.477 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPEWRITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «typewrite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «typewrite» 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 typewrite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYPEWRITE»

Discover the use of typewrite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to typewrite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The SBA Loan Book: The Complete Guide to Getting Financial ...
Signed this day of (Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) ( Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) ( Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) ( Typewrite ...
Charles H. Green, 2010
2
SBA Loan Book, 2nd Edition
(Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) ( Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) ( Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) (Signature) (Typewrite Name) ...
Charles H. Green
3
Popular Science
Typewrite. Your. Name. Indelibly. on. Metal. Tools. Using a Lathe and Power Saw to Build an Oak. Fig. 2. Saturating the blotting paper. On metal that is discolored by copper sulphate, use weak nitric acid. Fig. 3. Placing the small stencil sheet ...
4
Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill ...
IN. NEW. CITY,. 25. JUNE. 1944. Letterhead: Santa Fe / The Chief Sunday, 6/25, 44 Trrräubi, It is Sunday afternoon, it is pretty boring here on the train and I think I' ll write you a little letter to inaugurate the new typewrite ribbon, with red lettering!
Lys Symonette, Kurt Weill, Kim H. Kowalke, 1997
5
The Nanny from the White Legume
On Brock's turn, he added the letters, w, r, i, t, and the blank e to make the word, typewrite . . . shooting his points ahead of everyone. Dane hollered, “That's not a word! You have to have an n at the end!” “Not necessarily, Dane . . . and anyway,  ...
Linda Rees Seger, 2013
6
Symbolizing and Communicating in Mathematics Classrooms: ...
Yara: What's that? Mother: A typewrite. Yara: No, you're the typewriter. That's the typewrite. Obviously, forthis child theformof the symbol (typewriter) suggests a particular meaning (probably that atypewriter refers to a person). If one wants to ...
Paul Cobb, Erna Yackel, Kay McClain, 2000
7
Barron's Civil Service Clerical Exams
Practice typewriting this material on scratch paper until the examiner tells you to stop, remembering that for this examination it is more important for you to typewrite accurately than to typewrite rapidly. DO NOT TURN TO THE TEST UNTIL ...
Jerry Bobrow, Peter Z. Orton, William A. Covino, 2005
8
The Midnight Visitor
The thing that they were dwelling upon now was the fact that Lou Vincent, or "the blind man" as Mr, Sanders now called Mm, was unable to typewrite. Several people who had known him quite well stated that they had never seen him use a  ...
Margaret Sutton, 2008
9
Popular Mechanics
Typewrite^. Prints. News. Flashes. World's fair visitors at Ne York can watch the latest news, flashes printed on a fourteen-ton typewriter, exact copy of a standard machine but as high as a two- story building. Remotely controlled from a master ...
10
Popular Mechanics
TYPEWRITE. on. TOOLS. "V/OUR name, or that of your company or school can be permanently etched on your tools or other metal objects, without the use of acids or electricity, and the lettering may be done on your typewriter. A regular ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TYPEWRITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term typewrite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Revert to type
Never did a week go by in my nine boarding school years when Ajja didn't typewrite letters to me. The last one had a prayer and words of encouragement for my ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
2
Jesse and the Typewriter Shop
Ruben: If you don't understand theory, you can't fix stuff. You got to understand theory of what a typewriter is doing. Right away as soon as we could, my dad ... «KCET, Jan 15»
3
The Comic Sans Typewriter
It's a typewriter that imparts to paper not the serious, monospaced letterforms of Courier, but those of the chunky, rounded, much-maligned Comic Sans. «The Atlantic, Oct 14»
4
This Man With Severe Cerebral Palsy Created Mind-Blowing Art …
He couldn't dress, feed or bathe himself, but he discovered a way to express his passion for art through rather unconventional means: the typewriter located in ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
5
In Tom Hanks' iPad App, Typewriters Make Triumphant Return (Ding!)
Tom Hanks' love affair with typewriters began in the 1970s, with his first proper typewriter — a Hermes 2000. Typewriters are "beautiful works of art," he tells ... «NPR, Sep 14»
6
Thanks To Tom Hanks' App, The Typewriter Makes A Comeback
Besides this typewrite app for iPad being ranked as the number one iPad app in the US, it ranks second in same categories in the UK. The app is free to ... «Bidness Etc, Aug 14»
7
Tom Hanks Has a Typewriter iPad App, and It's Actually Decent
Tom Hanks knows this, so he commissioned some app developers to create a typewriter app for iPad bearing his name. You can download Hanx Writer for free ... «TIME, Aug 14»
8
How I Make A Living As A Writer (And You Can Too)
Art is born from the rewrite, not from the typewrite. With Choose Yourself! I kept rewriting obsessively. One time the book was all finished and sent to editors, ... «Lifehacker Australia, Feb 14»
9
10 Famous Writers Who Don't Use Modern Tech to Create
"My ritual is, I never use a typewriter or computer. I just write it all by hand. It's a ceremony. I go to a stationery store and buy a notebook -- and I don't buy like 10. «Mashable, Feb 14»
10
13 of the World's Oldest (and Most Beautiful) Typewriters
This machine was built by one of the early typewriter pioneers who successfully sold one of the first commercial typewriters, the Crandall Model 1. The model ... «Gizmodo, Sep 13»

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