tape
noun
a strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together; adhesive tape or masking tape.
are taping
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present progressiveof tape.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Families in Tehran are taping up their windows and sleeping together in rooms away from the glass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
“Now what we’re doing is we are taping all the ones that have straight edges,” Haynesworth said of volunteers laying down blue painters’ tape farther down the mural.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2020
Sports pages report Amos Otis and Clint Hurdle of the Kansas City Royals are taping a segment.
From Time Magazine Archive
A guide points to a sound stage where new Mouseketeers are taping a show: "They do their own stunts, and they do them without Annette."
From Time Magazine Archive
