typeset

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/ˈtaɪpˌsɛt/

verb

to set or compose written material into type

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Meanings

verbtypeset (third-person singular simple present typesets, present participle typesetting, simple past and past participle typeset)

present singular third person typesets · participle present typesetting

  1. transitiveto set or compose written material into type
  2. intransitiveto be set or composed into type

    ASCII does not conform to an expanded character set that includes Classic Greek letters, so you will please understand if the μ does not typeset correctly.

    2007, Ray Horak, Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook, page 309
adjectivetypeset (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSet in type.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbset in type

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set
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set

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From type + set.

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Translations

Arabic نَضَّدَ
  • نَضَّدَ (naḍḍada)to set into type
Chinese Mandarin 排版
  • 排版 (páibǎn)to set into type
Finnish latoa, ladottu
  • latoato set into type
  • ladottuset in type
French composer
  • composerto set into type
German setzen
  • setzento set into type
Greek στοιχειοθετώ, στοιχειοθετημένος
  • στοιχειοθετώ (stoicheiothetó)to set into type
  • στοιχειοθετημένος (stoicheiothetiménos)set in type
Irish clóchuir
  • clóchuirto set into type
Japanese 植字する
  • 植字する (shokuji suru)to set into type
Korean 식자하다, 조판하다
  • 식자하다 (sikjahada)to set into type
  • 조판하다 (jopanhada)to set into type
Russian набира́ть, набра́ть
  • набира́ть (nabirátʹ)to set into type
  • набра́ть (nabrátʹ)to set into type
  • верста́ть (verstátʹ)to set into type
  • сверста́ть (sverstátʹ)to set into type
Cite this entry
APA

typeset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typeset

MLA

“typeset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typeset. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typeset,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typeset.

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