touch typing
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- noun
- /tʌtʃ ˈtaɪpɪŋ/
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- You know, the whole point of touch typing is that you are able to type whatever you want without looking at the keyboard.
He loved the idea of secret writing and he also taught himself to type touch typing.
- He loved the idea of secret writing and he also taught himself to type touch typing.
Examples
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And for someone like me, I mean, I've been touch typing since I was a little kid and and that's to me, I can't imagine getting by without a keyboard.
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Haptic feedback is only essential when you're touch typing (you aren't using your eyes to locate keys).
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If nothing else, I need the touch typing practice.
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Don't push yourself because it is clearly touch typing.
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Microsoft's keyboard cover is perfectly integrated with the device, and touch typing on it is actually possible.
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Thank goodness for that horrid touch-typing course I did in 1984.
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In my computer class, I learned touch typing so I could type faster without looking at the keyboard.
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After a few weeks of practice, her touch typing skills improved significantly, allowing her to type smoothly while reading documents.
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He took a touch typing course to help him become more efficient in his writing tasks without frequently glancing at the keys.
Synonyms
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Typing on a computer to write text quickly
To type by pressing keys without looking, using trained finger positions
How Proficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a method of typing using the sense of touch so you don't need to look at the keyboard' is directly compositional from 'touch' (tactile contact) + 'typing' (producing text), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer the phrase. This noun–noun construction and the idea of typing by touch is cross-linguistically common, making the expression immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Touch typing comes from the idea of using your sense of touch to find keys while typing, so you do not need to look at the keyboard. One clear image is a person resting their fingers on the middle row and feeling for the right key. So, touch typing means 'to type without looking' and lets you read and type at the same time.