typewrite

[ tahyp-rahyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, type·wrote, type·writ·ten, type·writ·ing.

1. to write by means of a typewriter; type.

typewrite

/ ˈtaɪpˌraɪt /

verb

1. to write by means of a typewriter; type

Word History and Origins

Origin of typewrite¹

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from typewriter

Example Sentences

When I began my career, at the Chicago Sun-Times, I often worked desk shifts, which meant editing typewritten pages of copy that were pulled off a fax machine.

From Los Angeles Times

The buyer paid $36,000, plus the auction house’s 17% commission, for the typewritten manuscript containing 46 short stories that make up the heart of what ended up becoming one of Cortázar’s most famous works.

From Seattle Times

The yellowed, typewritten letter, reproduced in Italy's Corriere della Sera on Sunday, is highly significant because it was discovered by an in-house Vatican archivist and made public with the encouragement of Holy See officials.

From Reuters

In August, the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that, when Aiwanger was 17, he was suspected of producing a typewritten flyer calling for entries to a competition titled “Who is the biggest traitor to the fatherland?”

From Seattle Times

The typewritten pamphlet talked of a fictitious competition to find "who is the biggest traitor to the Fatherland", with a first prize of a "free flight through the chimney in Auschwitz".

From BBC

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