tech

1 of 3

noun (1)

: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 3

noun (2)

often attributive
: technology
the triumph of tech … is far from completeNewsweek

tech

3 of 3

abbreviation

Examples of tech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The article details how OpenAI, and many tech companies, are facing difficulty collecting enough data to train massive AI models. Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024 Google workers note that for security reasons, tech companies often have very limited insight, if any, into what occurs on the sovereign cloud servers of their government clients. Billy Perrigo, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024 Led by tech companies, California employers overall accounted for more than 19,300 H-1B approvals for initial employment in 2023, or 16.3% of the nation’s total. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 And strong margins from big tech firms will likely be a key driver. Jess Menton, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2024 Key federal lawmakers Sunday unveiled a sweeping proposal that would for the first time give consumers broad rights to control how tech companies like Google, Meta and TikTok use their personal data, a major breakthrough in the decades-long fight to adopt national online privacy protections. Cristiano Lima-Strong, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 For some locals, the influx of tech companies — which brought jobs and wealth, but also a host of issues, including dramatically escalating home prices — has been a drawback. Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024 Little was said that detailed Shanahan’s impressive amount of experience, which includes seats on multiple boards of directors, launching legal tech company ClearAccessIP and the private foundation Bia-Echo, and her growing list of strategic philanthropic gifts. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024 Jackie, who grudgingly works a day job at a flashy tech company while running Lene illicitly out of her apartment, doesn’t want to care about money, and is attracted to Ellen’s anarchist purity. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1942, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tech was in 1942

Dictionary Entries Near tech

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“Tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tech. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

tech

1 of 2 noun
: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 2 noun

Medical Definition

tech

abbreviation

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