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noun

ˈtāp How to pronounce tape (audio)
Definition of tapenext
as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of tape
Noun
Actors putting themselves on tape or auditioning via Zoom have become the norm, particularly for early casting rounds. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 Shannon and Gary have been donating some of the oxygen tapes sold at Hope’s Tiny Tapes back to the hospital. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Verb
Silver, learning from Stern—who brought the NBA from a league where fans would tape delay the finals to a $5-billion-a-year global industry—took that leadership to another level. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 Voiceover artists, who don’t own their own sound studios, need to tape when ambient noise is at a minimum. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tape
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
  1. videotape
  2. rope
  3. video
  4. wire
  5. bandage
  6. loop
  7. chain
Noun
  • Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of videotape
Verb
  • Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of rope
Noun
  • People would apply The Ordinary’s plumping serum or Medicube’s balm stick, and hollow under-eye or facial fine lines would diminish in just a 30 second video clip.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • SpaceX officials did not say how many engines failed to start during the ignition sequence, but a graphic of engine status on SpaceX’s live video stream indicated four of the 33 engines never ignited.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of video
Verb
  • The Colorado Avalanche entered the Western Conference final with an aura of near invincibility after leading the NHL wire to wire, and cruising through the first two rounds in just nine games.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • That hormones shape our moods and feelings, wire our brains and guide numerous, diverse processes throughout the body means that the practice of endocrinology is not based around any particular organ.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • Trump has frequently appeared in public throughout his second term with visible bruising on his hands, which have sometimes been bandaged.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 12 May 2026
Definition of bandage
Verb
  • Bend your right knee toward your chest, then loop the resistance band around the sole of your foot, holding the ends in each hand.
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 7 July 2026
  • As a result, technical discovery and objection handling have often depended on the individual AE’s knowledge or their ability to loop in an SE after the fact.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of loop
Verb
  • Dormann said that the exploit could possibly be chained to a separate one that gives direct access to an administrative account.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • Maldonado then texted her mother, telling her she was fired and that the girl was outside chained to the fence, according to the report.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of chain

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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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