typesetting

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noun

The setting of written material into type.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nountypesetting (countable and uncountable, plural typesettings)

plural typesettings

  1. countableuncountablemediaThe setting of written material into type.

    Synonyms: composition

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of typeset

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe setting of written material into type.

Translations

Arabic تَنْضِيد
  • تَنْضِيد (tanḍīd)setting or composition
Bulgarian набор
  • набор (nabor)setting or composition
Chinese Mandarin 排版
  • 排版 (páibǎn)setting or composition
Czech sazba
  • sazbasetting or composition
Dutch zetwerk, letterzetten
  • zetwerksetting or composition
  • letterzettensetting or composition
Finnish ladonta
  • ladontasetting or composition
French composition
  • compositionsetting or composition
German Satz, Schriftsatz
  • Satzsetting or composition
  • Schriftsatzsetting or composition
Greek στοιχειοθεσία
  • στοιχειοθεσία (stoicheiothesía)setting or composition
Hungarian betűszedés, szedés
  • betűszedéssetting or composition
  • szedéssetting or composition
  • tördeléssetting or composition
Irish clóchur, clóchuradóireacht
  • clóchursetting or composition
  • clóchuradóireachtsetting or composition
  • cló-eagarsetting or composition
Italian composizione
  • composizionesetting or composition
Japanese 組版
  • 組版 (kumihan)setting or composition
Russian вёрстка, типогра́фский набо́р
  • вёрстка (vjórstka)setting or composition
  • типогра́фский набо́р (tipográfskij nabór)setting or composition
  • набо́р (nabór)setting or composition
Spanish composición tipográfica
  • composición tipográficasetting or composition
Turkish dizgi, tertip
  • dizgisetting or composition
  • tertipsetting or composition
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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