Typewriting Meaning

/tˈaɪˌpraɪtɪŋ/
B1

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nounThe act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.

nounThe material produced by a typewriter; typescript.

She learned the art of typewriting in a secretarial school.
Typewriting is the act of using a typewriter to write a text.
She took a class to improve her speed in touch typewriting.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She learned ____ at a secretarial school where she practiced on old machines.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the past, many people took ____ classes to learn how to use a machine and prepare for office work today.

From type + writing.

"Older typewriters produced typewritings in which the horizontal space allocated for each character was precisely the same." — 2004, Peter White, Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science, page 159:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
She learned ____ at a secretarial school where she practiced on old machines.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the past, many people took ____ classes to learn how to use a machine and prepare for office work today.

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