typewrite
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have typewrittenperfect
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has typewrittenperfect 3rd person singular
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is typewritingprogressive 3rd person singular
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am typewritingprogressive 1st person singular
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are typewritingprogressive
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has been typewritingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been typewritingperfect progressive
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typewritessingular 3rd person
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typewritingparticiple
Past
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had typewrittenperfect
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had been typewritingperfect progressive
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were typewritingprogressive plural
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was typewritingprogressive singular
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typewrotesimple
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typewrittenparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of typewrite
First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from typewriter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
He needs a priest who has been graduated in canon law and theology, who knows French, who can typewrite.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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