typing pool
2
4.6
- noun
- /ˈtaɪpɪŋ puːl/
- Archaic
:
grupo de mecanógrafas
- I also saw what word processing did to typing pools—all but eliminated.
Examples
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I started out in the typing pool.
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This job in the typing pool could be just the start.
Fiction book (1995) -
The bad news was that I had to leave my old office and move halfway down the hall, across from the typing pool.
Academic text (1998) -
You just bought yourself a one-way ticket back to the typing pool.
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I loved it because the typing pool was called "Walden's Pond."
Academic text (1998) -
The first thing I noticed when I got off at the twentieth floor for my interview with Harriet Walden, the head of the typing pool, was the gray linoleum floors.
Academic text (1998) -
The new employees are excited to join the typing pool at the office.
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After a few weeks of training, she was assigned to the busy typing pool.
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He worked diligently in the typing pool, helping various departments with their documents.
Synonyms
1
9.3
A group of typists who type and write down what people say for an organization
How Big
- Archaic
2
4.6
40
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a group of typists assigned to do typing work' is directly derivable from combining 'typing' (producing text by keyboard) with 'pool' (a collection or group of resources/people). This is a productive modifier‑noun composition and the 'pool' = group sense is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will likely understand the MWE.
Etymology
Typing pool comes from old offices where many people who did typing sat together in one room, forming a shared pool of workers for the whole company. So typing pool means a group of people who do typing for different departments.