typewriting

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noun

The act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.

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Meanings

typewriting1

nountypewriting (countable and uncountable, plural typewritings)

plural typewritings

  1. countableuncountableThe act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
  2. countableuncountableThe material produced by a typewriter; typescript.

    Older typewriters produced typewritings in which the horizontal space allocated for each character was precisely the same.

    2004, Peter White, Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science, page 159

typewriting2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of typewrite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwriting done with a typewriter

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typing
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writing
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typing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

typewriting · noun

From type + writing.

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typewriting · verb

From typewrite + -ing.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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