tape

[[t]te͟ɪp[/t]]

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tapes, taping, taped

1) N-UNCOUNT: oft on N Tape is a narrow plastic strip covered with a magnetic substance. It is used to record sounds, pictures, and computer information.

Tape is expensive and loses sound quality every time it is copied...

Many students declined to be interviewed on tape.

2) N-COUNT A tape is a cassette or spool with magnetic tape wound round it.

...a new cassette tape...

She still listens to the tapes I made her.

Syn:

cassette

3) VERB If you tape music, sounds, or television pictures, you record them using a tape recorder or a video recorder.

[V n] She has just taped an interview...

He shouldn't be taping without the singer's permission.

[V-ed] ...taped evidence from prisoners.

Derived words:

taping N-COUNT

...an unauthorized taping.

4) N-VAR A tape is a strip of cloth used to tie things together or to identify who a piece of clothing belongs to.

The books were all tied up with tape.

5) N-COUNT: supp N A tape is a ribbon that is stretched across the finishing line of a race.

...the finishing tape.

6) N-UNCOUNT Tape is a sticky strip of plastic used for sticking things together.

...strong adhesive tape.

7) VERB If you tape one thing to another, you attach it using sticky tape.

[V n onto/to n] I taped the base of the feather onto the velvet...

[V n onto/to n] There are notes from years ago taped to the walls...

[be V-ed adj] The envelope has been tampered with and then taped shut again.

8) → See also , masking tape, , sticky tape, videotape

Phrasal Verbs:

- tape up