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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
What Washington put on tape against the Eagles was more trial. — Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026 Imagine bringing up rabies to somebody who had just been bisected and then stuck back together with what, at least to him, looked like packing tape? — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
Use the registration marks to reposition the stencil, securing with painters tape again. — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2026 The full Love Island USA season 8 reunion is set to tape Monday, August 10. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Aug. 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
  • Rulings in two appeals courts defined a consumer, under this law, as anybody who purchases, rents or subscribes to any good or service from a videotape service provider.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This remake of the Japanese horror hit Ringu stars Naomi Watts as a Seattle reporter whose 8-year-old son (David Dorfman) watches a cursed videotape that marks him for death in seven days.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of videotape
Verb
  • Our job is not to use any melodrama or sentimentality to manipulate or rope the audience into the situation.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Local authorities would rope together timber logs for a makeshift bridge, but in the rainy season, the logs would grow slippery and floods would wash them away.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rope
Noun
  • Among those who’ve come forward is a woman who spoke out in a roughly 40-minute video interview coordinated by Bishop’s campaign.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Basabe had numerous confrontations outside a Miami Beach polling location during early voting, squaring off with campaign volunteers, a police officer and even the Miami-Dade mayor, records and videos show.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 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
  • Finally, one of the people involved in the scheme would instruct the employee to wire large amounts of money to bank accounts set up worldwide, according to the press release.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The impersonated attorney would tell the employee to wire large payments to bank accounts across the world, according to court documents.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • So that really helped me bandage those wounds from 1989, the fact that after all these years, there are people that still care pretty intensely about this movie.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Police then escorted Rajapaksa, who had one eye bandaged from recent surgery, to a vehicle to be taken to a jail.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bandage
Verb
  • For difficult passages, slow the playback or loop a specific section.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Sandy Jones grew up on a southeastern North Carolina farm and learned to loop from her mother.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of loop
Verb
  • Two additional fittings on the back have raised parts with holes, possibly used to chain the manuscript to a piece of furniture.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The company also shared that Mythos chained four different vulnerabilities together to create a more complex exploit.
    — Lee Rossey, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of chain

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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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