tech

1 of 3

noun (1)

: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 3

noun (2)

: technology
The triumph of tech … is far from complete …Newsweek

tech

3 of 3

abbreviation

Examples of tech in a Sentence

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Noun
San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Private tech companies step in The March 27 email also says major tech companies – including Microsoft, Google, Cloudflare and Halcyon, which track threats targeting elections both domestically and globally – are willing to brief election officials on threats throughout the year. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 June 2026 Then my Momo, the studious and tech-driven German, needed to use Edna. Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 28 June 2026 Best Travel Accessory and Tech Deals The best things come in small packages, and that applies to these travel and tech accessories. Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tech

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

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“Tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tech. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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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