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typewriting

typewriting noun: the act, or the skill, of using a typewriter. Also the present participle and gerund of typewrite.

Noun

typewriting (countable and uncountable, plural typewritings)

  1. The act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
  2. 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

Also used as

typewriting is also the present participle and gerund of typewrite.

Forms of typewriting

pluraltypewritings

Origin of typewriting

From type + writing.

From typewrite + -ing.

Words formed from typewriting

Questions about typewriting

What does typewriting mean?
Typewriting means the act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
What part of speech is typewriting?
Typewriting is a noun.
What is the plural of typewriting?
The plural of typewriting is typewritings.

Words near typewriting in the dictionary

  1. typewriterless
  2. typewriterlike
  3. typewriters
  4. typewritery
  5. typewrites
  6. typewriting
  7. typewritings
  8. typewritist
  9. typewritists
  10. typewritten
  11. typewrote

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