typing

British  

/ ˈtaɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. the work or activity of using a typewriter or word processor

2. the skill of using a typewriter quickly and accurately

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Explanation

Typing is the act of writing using a keyboard. If you're sick of writing out your English papers by hand, you might want to take a typing class. Back in the 1880s, typing meant writing with a typewriter. Today, typing is more likely to refer to entering text on a computer or smartphone. When you're typing, you can use the "hunt and peck" method, in which you push keys one at a time while looking at the keyboard. A typing teacher can help you master touch typing, in which you memorize where each key is, use every finger, and don't need to look at the keyboard.

Example Sentences

Judge Rakoff considered, and dismissed, the obvious point that typing into an AI tool is no different from typing into a cloud-based software, such as Google Docs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

So he began typing up a summary of the top headlines and stuffing copies in people’s mailboxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

She said unique vocabulary can become part of your personal dictionary, an invisible file that logs your typing behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

My son needed a typing tutor using meaningful sentences that would score his accuracy and speed.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Dozens of people in crisp white lab coats with a silver MT logo were working at stations with microscopes, remotely manipulating machines inside glass cubes, using pipettes, typing into computers...all of them busy and focused.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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