Typed Type Taɪp Typing Letter Verb Bre Fast

• how fast can you type?
• typing errors
• this letter will need to be typed (out) again.
• type (in) the filename, then press ‘return’.

type

1. to write something using a computer or typewriter
• How fast can you type?
• typing errors
• This letter will need to be typed (out) again.
• Type (in) the filename, then press ‘Return’.
• Has that report been typed up yet?
2. to find out the group or class that a person or thing belongs to
• Blood samples were taken from patients for typing.

Extra Examples

• 300 proposals and amendments covering 78 closely typed pages
• He was sitting at his desk typing furiously.
• I’ve written the report and will type it up next week.
• Sam typed away for a few minutes.
• She quickly typed back a response.
• She typed her password in.
• She typed the details into the computer.
• This letter was typed on an electronic typewriter.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they type
• he / she / it types
• past simple typed
• past participle typed
• -ing form typing

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘symbol, emblem’): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’. The use in printing dates from the early 18th cent.; the general sense ‘category with common characteristics’ arose in the mid 19th cent.