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typewritten

typewritten

1 3.5
Written on a typewriter rather than by hand
  • adjective
  • /ˈtaɪpˌrɪtən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mecanografiado
  • Skip takes a typewritten sheet from a sheaf in his hand and gives it to Rachel.
  • typewritten pages

Examples

  • The collection contains Clarke's typewritten memoir from 2002 about the anecdotes he gathered from the attendees at the fifty-seventh reunion of the 400th Field Artillery Battalion.

    Academic text (2010)
  • "It's a lie!" Alene reached across Lara and took the paper from him, then she and Lara read the typewritten words together.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Erin's typewritten note had said,

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Azaria took a typewritten sheet out of her bag.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Slim shook the typewritten sheet.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Under it is a typewritten caption that is yellowed with age.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Norman handed a typewritten sheet to Lou.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • A typewritten confession was sent to the Riverside Press Enterprise on November 29th, a month after Bates's murder.

  • She handed me a typewritten letter that was neatly arranged on the page.

  • The old archive contained a collection of typewritten documents from the 1970s.

How Handwritten

calligraphic
1 7.5
handwritten
18 2.8
typewritten
  • Archaic
1 3.5

Surface Forms

typewritten positive

Morphology

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

Derived directly from the verb 'typewrite' with the past-participle/adjectival suffix '-en', so the meaning 'produced by typing' is predictable.

Etymology

Typewritten comes from typewriter, a machine that makes letters by pressing keys, so a typewritten document is one 'written by a typewriter' rather than by hand.