# tech

Pronunciation: US say "TEK" /tɛk/; UK

## Noun

1. Technology, whether the equipment and systems people build or the knowledge behind them. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Technology, such as computers, phones, and machines, and the knowledge behind them.
   - _The new trains are packed with tech, but drivers say the controls are simple to learn._
   - _She has the tech skills to set up the whole office network herself._
2. Technology businesses, or the technology industry as a whole, especially in computing and the Internet. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Technology companies, or the whole technology business, especially computers and the internet.
   - _Tech shares fell sharply after the chipmaker warned of weaker sales._
   - _After a decade in tech, he left his job at a search company to open a bakery._
3. A technician or technologist, such as someone who runs tests in a lab or repairs equipment. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A person whose job is practical technical work, like fixing machines or running tests in a lab.
   - _The service advisers pass customer complaints to the techs, who diagnose the car and order parts._
   - _An X-ray tech positioned her arm on the plate and stepped behind the screen._
4. A technical college or technical school, especially as part of the school's name. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A technical college or school, where people learn job skills, often used in the school's name.
   - _After high school she enrolled at Midland Tech to train as an electrician._
   - _Riverside Tech offers evening courses in heating repair and welding for working adults._
5. Technique: a particular method of doing something, or the skill with which it is done. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A way of doing something, or the skill you use to do it.
   - _That wall-jump trick is old tech, but most new players still haven't learned it._
   - _The coach spent the class drilling new leg-lock tech with the advanced grapplers._
6. Short for technical rehearsal. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of technical rehearsal.
   - Simple: Short for technical rehearsal. It is a practice for a show that focuses on lights and the stage.
   - _We go into tech next week, so the set has to be finished by Monday._
   - _Ten-hour days of tech left the cast exhausted, but every lighting cue was finally in place._

## Other meanings

- (verb) In fighting games, to escape an opponent's throw, or to recover at once after being knocked down, by pressing the right input at the right moment.
- (noun) Short for technical inspection.

## Origin

A clipping of technology, technician, and technique.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tech (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).