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typing

noun

  1. process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, keyboard, cell phone, or a calculator
  2. identify as belonging to a certain category, determining type of (e.g. blood type)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, type + -ing.

  1. Assignment or classification by type.

    “Near-synonyms: classifying, categorizing; classification, categorization; sorting”

  2. Assignment or classification by type.
  3. The act of one who types on a keyboard.

    “"My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."”

verb

Etymology: By surface analysis, type + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of type