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typewriter | typewrites |

As a noun typewriter

is a device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.

As a verb typewrites is

(typewrite).

typewriter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
  • (archaic) One who uses a typewriter; a typist.
  • The typewriter got up and disappeared out a back door, and soon she come back with a man, and he said, "Can I be of some help, Mr. Higgens?"'' -- ''The Southpaw , Mike Harris, 1953.

    Synonyms

    * (one who uses a typewriter) typist

    Derived terms

    * typewritery

    See also

    * touch-typist

    typewrites

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (typewrite)

  • typewrite

    English

    Verb

  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To type using a typewriter.
  • *1925, William Frederick Book, Learning to Typewrite: With a Discussion of the Psychology and Pedagogy of Skill , The Gregg pub. co.,
  • *:These facts are set forth for learning to typewrite in Part II of this book.
  • *1935, New Jersey Secondary School Teachers' Association, Lord Dufferin School. Old Boys Association, Yearbook , page 215,
  • *:IF THE businessman discovers that his new office worker cannot spell, typewrite , compute percentage or punctuate properly, he is immediately confronted with a series of in-training problems.
  • *1944, Robert Luther Duffus, The Innocents at Cedro: A Memoir of Thorsein Veblen and Some Others , The Macmillan company, page 71,
  • *:I began to typewrite copy letters for him, and I have never been long free from the typewriter since.
  • *1994, Kas Mazurek and Margret A. Winzer, Comparative Studies in Special Education , Gallaudet University Press, page 193,
  • *:Third, a major barrier for blind and physically handicapped children is removed by permitting them to typewrite their answers during public examinations.