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untype

untype verb: to erase text that has been typed.

Verb

untype (third-person singular simple present untypes, present participle untyping, simple past and past participle untyped)

  1. To erase text that has been typed.
    • One ribbon handles both printing and correcting, so it untypes as uniquely as it types.1984, The Business Week - Part 6, page 201
    • The incredible WordEraserᵀᴹ correction. It untypes whole words at a touch.1985, Life - Volume 8, page 137
  2. To overcome or avoid the usual typecasting of.
    • He deglamorizes the stars and untypes the character players.1953, Connery Chappell, Picturegoer Film Annual, page 80
    • While Hollywood deserves credit for the attempt to untype her, yet she had best not stray so far from...1954, Film News - Volumes 14-15, page 20

Examples of untype in a sentence

  • To untype something you just typed, you can also use Ctrl+Z.1998, David C. Kay, Microsoft Works 4.5 for Windows For Dummies, page 87:
  • For example, you may type some text and then use Undo to “untype” the text.2013, Dan Gookin, Word 2013 For Dummies, page 47:
  • While it is Huston's talent to untype the familiar character actor by blowing up a particular physical gesture, he seems also to incapacitate actors with anticipated, summarized characters.1971, Manny Farber, Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies, page 36:

Forms of untype

third-person singular presentuntypes
present participleuntyping
past participleuntyped
pastuntyped

Origin of untype

From un- + type.

Questions about untype

What does untype mean?
Untype means to erase text that has been typed.
How do you use untype in a sentence?
To untype something you just typed, you can also use Ctrl+Z.
What part of speech is untype?
Untype is a verb.
What is the past tense of untype?
The past tense of untype is untyped.

Words near untype in the dictionary

  1. untyes
  2. untying
  3. untyings
  4. untyll
  5. untypable
  6. untype
  7. untypeable
  8. untyped
  9. untypes
  10. untypical
  11. untypicality

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