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⌨️ Made with typewriter ⌨️ Written by typing
to typewritten

to typewritten

1 3.3
Written using a typewriter or a keyboard
  • verb
  • /ˈtaɪpˌrɪtən/
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  • Typewritten, can you imagine?

Examples

  • Typewritten?

    Murder Mystery (2019)

  • The report was typewritten to ensure it was easy to read.

  • She received a typewritten letter in the mail yesterday.

  • All official documents must be typewritten for clarity.

Synonyms

written
vsto typewritten
1.0

Made as words on paper or a screen rather than spoken

is made specifically using a keyboard or similar machine rather than any method

How Personal

handwritten
18 2.8
to typewritten
1 3.3
to print
397 1.0

Surface Forms

typewritten past participle
typewrite infinitive
typewriting present participle
typewrites third person singular

Morphology

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

The verb form is the past participle of 'typewrite' formed with the '-en' participial morphology (written), so the relation to 'typewrite' is direct and predictable.

Etymology

Typewritten is the past form of typewrite, which joins type and write and means 'to write by using a typewriter or keyboard'. So, to have something typewritten is to have written it by typing, not by hand.