tape
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1.8
- noun
- /teɪp/
- Archaic
:
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- Each focus group session, ranging from 60 to 120 minutes, was tape recorded, transcribed, and translated.
- tape recording
- audio tape
- cassette tape
We still got VCR tapes, but not a lot of them.
- We still got VCR tapes, but not a lot of them.
- But I got the tapes, I got the behind the scenes.
- You get that performance on on tape and you've got it forever.
- I listen to to books on tape, OK?
- The only thing on that tape is me screaming.
- You remember those times, beta tape videos and VCR.
- The resources are the books, the tapes, and the seminars.
- So I want to be dignified about this APP tape of Donald Trump.
- I got I got a tape coming out, a life or two.
Examples
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I listen to to books on tape, OK?
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Many publishers created book sets containing a tape along with a picture book.
Academic text (2015) -
Now I want to stop the tape just there.
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Can we roll the tape, please?
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Did you take the tape from the camera?
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The only thing on that tape is me screaming.
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Everything's on tape today, isn't it?
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Students pore over the photographs or tapes, joke, laugh, or talk about the shared adventures.
Academic text (1990) -
Interviews lasted between 40 and 60 minutes and were tape-recorded and transcribed for analysis.
Academic text (2008) -
I love listening to classic music on a tape while I work.
Synonyms
488
3.0
A tape that records or plays moving pictures
283
1.5
A saved audio or video file you can play
81
2.6
A small flat plastic case that holds tape for music or video
36
3.7
A long strip of tape for recording sound
30
3.2
A recording of sound or video made on tape
17
2.9
Sound or pictures saved on long plastic tape for playing later
14
2.3
A saved sound like a file or tape of speech and music
11
2.4
A small flat case with tape that holds music or sound
2
3.9
A long thin strip of plastic covered with magnetic material to record sound, images, or data
1
4.0
A plastic case that holds tape used to record sound, video, or computer data
A long thin plastic strip used to record sound, video, or computer data
Idioms
Compounds
5
2.8
A thin sticky tape for covering parts before painting or holding things temporarily
- Specialized
2
3.9
A long thin strip of plastic covered with magnetic material to record sound, images, or data
- Specialized
1
5.2
A machine that reads and writes data on magnetic tape to save copies of files
- Specialized
1
4.0
A plastic case that holds tape used to record sound, video, or computer data
- Specialized
A cloth tape with a sticky coating used to wrap electrical wires to stop shocks and keep water out
- Formal
Slow official rules and paperwork that delay projects, often about the environment
- Archaic
A machine that looks at holes in a long paper strip to get computer instructions
- Archaic
Part inside a tape player that moves the tape so sound is played or recorded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tape comes from the idea of a long, thin 'strip' of material. A recording called a 'tape' is literally sound or video put onto that long strip, which is why we call the recording a 'tape'.