typing
- 1Pressing keys on a keyboard to write words and numbers.
Like a piano player whose fingers know where each key is.
Her typing got faster after months of practice.
Good typing means fewer mistakes on the page.
Similarkeyboarding, keying
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- 2Present participle of type. Use this form for an action happening right now.
She is typing a message to her friend.
He kept typing long after everyone else left.
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- 3Sorting things into groups based on what kind they are.
Like sorting toys into boxes for cars, dolls, and blocks.
Blood typing tells doctors which group a patient belongs to.
Careful typing of the samples helped the team sort their data.
Similarclassification, categorization, grouping, sorting
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typing is a form of type
type, verb: To write by pressing the keys on a computer keyboard, phone screen, or typewriter. Full entry
- Spelling
- type → typing: drop the e, add -ing
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Origin
It comes from the word "type" plus the ending "-ing".