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.
have taped
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present perfectof tape.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It would have been more responsible to have taped a one-on-one interview that could have included fact checking before it hit the airwaves.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
On Saturday police were reported to have taped off a large area of woodland near an abandoned industrial unit at Ardeer, about two miles away.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2022
“We have taped over the doorbell, to the dismay of friends and delivery persons.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
One of which is, you know I have taped up in my office this word Ultracrepidarianism, which is the habit of giving advice outside one's area of expertise.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2019
We could go through the process Judge Kaplan describes, I suppose, just as when the VCR was invented we could have taped movies from television and swapped them with our friends.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
