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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
In other words, after spinning her wheels for a year in Hollywood, living with bedbugs and helping other actors with their self-tapes, Cline had to fly back home to South Carolina to land the role that would make her career. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Vesga’s casting came from an hour-long conversation Bialy and Scott had with him at Gelson’s after being impressed by his tape. — Matt Minton, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
The blue gown, fluorescent lights and IV taped to her arm were all familiar. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 24 June 2026 After a nine-year absence, the show returned in 2024 as a four-episode series hosted by Mike Epps, taped at Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Weekend in Las Vegas. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tape
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
  1. videotape
  2. rope
  3. video
  4. cord
  5. wire
  6. bandage
  7. loop
  8. chain
Noun
  • Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The company over time grew from offering records, to cassette tapes, then CDs, eventually adding videotapes, then DVDs and Blu-rays to its mail-order offerings.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 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
  • As part of the penalty for these crimes, Hickey has been ordered to post an apology video on social media.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Resident Michelle Liu Covell, who sent us video of the discolored water back in March, says the problem has only gotten worse.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of video
Verb
  • Settings and controls Many electric or corded heating pads come with some type of temperature control, either through a remote or on the pad.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Electric snow blowers are corded and good for clearing light to moderate snow off patios, porches, walkways, and small-to-medium-size driveways.
    — Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of cord
Verb
  • Carr and Konkoly would wire everyone up with EEG, perform their lucid-dreaming protocol, and let people drift off.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Have your closing costs and down payment ready to wire in advance.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • Tight end Greg Dulcich participated in his third practice wearing a red [non-contact] jersey, and with his fingers on his right hand bandaged up.
    — Omar Kelly August 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Doctors removed the pole, bandaged him up and Cifaldi was back at work this week.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of bandage
Verb
  • To solve, loop one end of the string around the peg on the parabola with an x-coordinate of –3 (y = 9) and attach the other end of the string to a peg with an x-coordinate of 4 (y = 16).
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Every two hours, CosmoCube will loop around the lunar far side.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of loop
Verb
  • The same capability that let a model find a zero-day and chain it into a breach can let a defender find that same zero-day first and patch it.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In an interview with Fortune, Kopp described the company’s mission as freeing CFOs from the drudgery that keeps them chained to spreadsheets long after everyone else has logged off.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of chain

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