to typewrite

1 7.3

To write by pressing keys on a typewriter or keyboard

verb
/ˈtaɪpˌraɪt/

Archaic

: teclear

Print or typewrite name.

Examples

It takes great energy to typewrite something.

Blog text (3)
I'm teaching the chicken to typewrite.

The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
And I'm getting quite good at typewriting.

Random Harvest (1942)
"Typewriting jackasses rushed down here to help blow up such a killing, as has often happened elsewhere, into a monstrous lynching.

Academic text (2011)
Typewriting with two fingers, Stefan Zwick watched as he raised his hand to tap on his uncle's door.

Fiction book (1993)
She learned to typewrite quickly for her new job in the office.
To submit your application, please typewrite your name and address on the form.
As a teenager, he spent hours practicing to typewrite efficiently for school projects.

Synonyms

to write

vsto typewrite

∞ 1.0

Put letters and words onto a surface using a pen or keyboard

narrows this to producing text only via key presses

to type

vsto typewrite

367 1.0

To write words using a keyboard on a computer or typewriter

is essentially the same action focused on key press production

to keyboard

vsto typewrite

3.5

To type text into a computer or device using a set of keys

is about producing written characters specifically through key presses

How Fast

to touch-type

4.2

to typewrite

Archaic

1 7.3

typing

2 1.0

Surface Forms

typewrite infinitive

typewriting present participle

typewrites third person singular

typewrote past

typewritten past participle

Morphology

typewrite = type + write (transparent) = type + write

Formed from 'type' + 'write' and directly means to write using a typewriting device or keyboard, which a B1 learner can infer from the components.

Etymology

Typewrite comes from two simple parts: type meaning 'a printed letter or mark' and write meaning 'to form words'. So, typewrite means to write by pressing keys on a typewriter or keyboard.