typewrite
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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typewrites,
present (3rd person singular)
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typewrote,
past
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typewritten,
past participle
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typewriting
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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typewritesimple
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typewritessimple
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have typewrittenperfect
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has typewrittenperfect
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am typewritingprogressive
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are typewritingprogressive
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is typewritingprogressive
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have been typewritingperfect progressive
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has been typewritingperfect progressive
Past
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typewrotesimple
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had typewrittenperfect
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was typewritingprogressive
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were typewritingprogressive
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had been typewritingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of typewrite
First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from typewriter
Example Sentences
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It sounds like what a dude with a drawl would say if you asked for the past tense of "typewrite."
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 12, 2017
Supposedly those symbols sum up greatness with an economy and precision which would surely elude an army of sportswriters hitting random keys on a typewrite for an infinite amount of time.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2010
Mrs. Stoner attributes the .brilliance of her daughter in no small part to the fact that she taught the child to typewrite at the age of three.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day they met again, and Emily was able to explain everything, for in the meantime she had learned to typewrite.
From Time Magazine Archive
He accordingly set the phonograph at a slow pace, and I began to typewrite from the beginning of the seventh cylinder.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
"Well no—I hardly think—you see he typewrites his letters, and although I know his writing very well I can't at the moment put my hand on any figures of his."
From The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Morrison, Arthur
Writes some sort of stuff which the girl with him typewrites.
From The Cinema Murder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Merton, you’ll want a typewriter for your business correspondence, and Miss Blossom typewrites: it is her profession.’
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
The other way was as absurd as the four-year-old prodigy who typewrites and is rather fond of Greek.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro
He typewrites a letter, forges the signature of the erstwhile Count, and awaits events.
From The Old Man in the Corner by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
And G. G. went back to his rooms in great glee and typewrote a story that he had finished as well as he could, and sent it to a magazine.
From It, and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
Ollie gradually typewrote herself to sleep and Prue was not home.
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert
She typewrote "literature" telling how there was a chance for every man out there, how the big, exhaustless land was eager to yield of its store to all who would come and seek.
From Lifted Masks; stories by Glaspell, Susan
Ziyi Liu takes typewritten notes during meetings—even though she is an AI research intern at Microsoft, whose software can automatically transcribe and summarize the sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Dunthorne had access to the German original, about 1,800 typewritten pages, as well as to a translated, abridged version distributed to family members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
The lyrics on two yellow sheets of paper are three typewritten drafts of the song - but not the final version.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
The quantity of typewritten evidence presented at the trials—200,000 affidavits and sworn depositions of over 360 live witnesses, according to the last living signal-corps typist—all needed to be translated into English, French, Russian, and German.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
The clipboard opened, and he rummaged through the compartment beneath until he found a note typewritten in blue ink on pale blue paper.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
She saved only one, with typewriting on the envelope.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2022
The 35-year-old has invited Hanks to visit his shop, Typewronger Books, while the National Museum of Scotland's typewriting exhibition is on show.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2021
“Thank you … for keeping the sound and fury of typewriting available to all.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
It was recognized as the most advanced typewriting machine yet, and won first prize and a gold medal.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 21, 2014
At the Arbeiter-Zeitung’s office, I was greeted by a flurry of grinding presses and typewriting.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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