Tape

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English

Noun

tape (uncountable and countable; plural: tapes)

  1. flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides, adhesive tape.
    Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
  2. Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll, video tape or audio tape.
    Did you get that on tape?
  3. Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
    Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
  4. Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
    After the party there was tape all over the place.
  5. (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
    Don’t fight the tape.
  6. (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of hockey stick
    His pass was right on the tape.

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Verb

to tape (taped, taped)

  1. To bind with adhesive tape.
    Can you tape that together, please?
  2. To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
    You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

tape

  1. a gentle touch
  2. a pat

Guaraní

Noun

tape

  1. path
  2. way
  3. street

Norwegian

Noun

Tape m. (definite singular tapen; indefinite plural taper; definite plural tapene)

  1. Alternative spelling of teip

Verb 1

Infinitive
Tape
Present tense
taper
Past tense
tapte
Past participle
tapt
Present participle
tapende
  1. to lose

Verb 2

Infinitive
Tape
Present tense
taper
Past tense
tapa or tapet
Past participle
tapa or tapet
Present participle
tapende
  1. Alternative spelling of teipe

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