touch-type


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touch-type

(tŭch′tīp′)
intr. & tr.v. touch-typed, touch-typ·ing, touch-types
To engage in typing or type (a document, for example) without having to look at the keyboard, the fingers having been trained to locate the keys by position.

touch′-typ′ist n.
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touch-type

vb
(intr) to type without having to look at the keys of the typewriter
ˈtouch-ˌtypist n
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touch′-type`



v.i. -typed, -typ•ing.
to type by means of the touch system.
[1940–45, Amer.]
touch′-typ′ist, n.
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touch-type


Past participle: touch-typed
Gerund: touch-typing

Imperative
touch-type
touch-type
Present
I touch-type
you touch-type
he/she/it touch-types
we touch-type
you touch-type
they touch-type
Preterite
I touch-typed
you touch-typed
he/she/it touch-typed
we touch-typed
you touch-typed
they touch-typed
Present Continuous
I am touch-typing
you are touch-typing
he/she/it is touch-typing
we are touch-typing
you are touch-typing
they are touch-typing
Present Perfect
I have touch-typed
you have touch-typed
he/she/it has touch-typed
we have touch-typed
you have touch-typed
they have touch-typed
Past Continuous
I was touch-typing
you were touch-typing
he/she/it was touch-typing
we were touch-typing
you were touch-typing
they were touch-typing
Past Perfect
I had touch-typed
you had touch-typed
he/she/it had touch-typed
we had touch-typed
you had touch-typed
they had touch-typed
Future
I will touch-type
you will touch-type
he/she/it will touch-type
we will touch-type
you will touch-type
they will touch-type
Future Perfect
I will have touch-typed
you will have touch-typed
he/she/it will have touch-typed
we will have touch-typed
you will have touch-typed
they will have touch-typed
Future Continuous
I will be touch-typing
you will be touch-typing
he/she/it will be touch-typing
we will be touch-typing
you will be touch-typing
they will be touch-typing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been touch-typing
you have been touch-typing
he/she/it has been touch-typing
we have been touch-typing
you have been touch-typing
they have been touch-typing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been touch-typing
you will have been touch-typing
he/she/it will have been touch-typing
we will have been touch-typing
you will have been touch-typing
they will have been touch-typing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been touch-typing
you had been touch-typing
he/she/it had been touch-typing
we had been touch-typing
you had been touch-typing
they had been touch-typing
Conditional
I would touch-type
you would touch-type
he/she/it would touch-type
we would touch-type
you would touch-type
they would touch-type
Past Conditional
I would have touch-typed
you would have touch-typed
he/she/it would have touch-typed
we would have touch-typed
you would have touch-typed
they would have touch-typed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.touch-type - type without looking at the keyboardtouch-type - type without looking at the keyboard
type, typewrite - write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
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Translations

touch-type

[ˈtʌtʃtaɪp] VImecanografiar al tacto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

touch-type

[ˈtʌtʃˌtaɪp] vidattilografare (senza guardare i tasti)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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