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typewriting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From type + writing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The material produced by a typewriter; typescript.
    • Older typewriters produced typewritings in which the horizontal space allocated for each character was precisely the same. 2004, Peter White, Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science, page 159:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
typewritings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

touch typewriting · teletypewriting

typewriting en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From typewrite + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of typewrite
    form of typewrite