tape

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Anagrams 3 Guaraní 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.1.1.1 Inflection 4.1.2 Verb 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Verb 5 Spanish 5.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Old English tæppe

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  Rhymes: -eɪp

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tape (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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to tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle 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.

3. (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.

   I've finally got this thing taped.

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• roll tape
• tape off

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aept
• pate, pâté
• peat
• Peta, PETA

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• IPA: /tap/, SAMPA: /tap/

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tape

1. a gentle touch
2. a pat

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• Anagrams of aept
• pâte, pâté
• péta

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tape

1. path
2. way
3. street

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[edit] Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tape.

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tape

1. Alternative spelling of teip

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tape (present tense taper; past tense tapa/tapet; past participle tapa/tapet; present participle tapende; imperative tap)

1. Alternative spelling of teipe

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From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.

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tape (present tense taper; past tense tapte; past participle tapt; present participle tapende; imperative tap)

1. to lose

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tape (infinitive: tapar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tapar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tapar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tapar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tapar.