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# typing

«typing» in Mova's school dictionary: **writing by pressing the keys of a computer, phone or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form of type (type, types, typed, typing); noun (typing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Typing means writing by pressing the keys of a computer, phone or typewriter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#m1)

2) Typing is also the skill of writing this way, often measured in words per minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: words or pages typed at a speed: words per minute; totals over time: words = speed × minutes, minutes = words ÷ speed. In school: typing a story, typing lessons, touch typing with all fingers. Everyday life: typing a message or a search. Phrases: typing speed, typing a message, touch typing, typing mistake (typo).

### examples

- She types 40 words a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x1)
- Typing 200 words takes her 5 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x2)
- He spent 30 minutes typing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x3)
- How many pages can he finish typing in 2 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x4)
- I am typing my story on the laptop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x5)
- Touch typing means typing without looking at the keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x6)
- She made a typing mistake and wrote «teh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x7)
- Typing practice makes you faster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/#x8)

### note

«Type» also means a kind (this type of bird); «typing» is only about writing with keys. A small typing mistake is a «typo». A rate: words = speed × minutes; minutes = words ÷ speed. Trap: change hours to minutes before using a per-minute speed.

### In the corpora

- [The answer is worked out on huge computers far away, in buildings called data centres; nobody is typing it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/5/)
- [A "new friend" who seems lovely and asks for photos is showing a big warning sign, whoever or whatever is typing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/1/)
- [Check a website's address carefully before typing anything into it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/10/)
- [Kai went hot all over and his fingers were already typing something worse back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/406-toxic-players-and-swearing/2/)
- [Insults say more about the person typing them than about the person they are aimed at.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/406-toxic-players-and-swearing/33/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «typing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.