tape
verb/teɪp/
/teɪp/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tape | /teɪp/ /teɪp/ |
| he / she / it tapes | /teɪps/ /teɪps/ |
| past simple taped | /teɪpt/ /teɪpt/ |
| past participle taped | /teɪpt/ /teɪpt/ |
| -ing form taping | /ˈteɪpɪŋ/ /ˈteɪpɪŋ/ |
- tape somebody/something to record somebody/something on magnetic tape using a special machine
- Private conversations between the two had been taped and sent to a newspaper.
- tape something (up) to fasten something by sticking or tying it with tape
- Put it in a box and tape it up securely.
Extra Examples- The lid was taped down to hold it in place.
- The wires are taped firmly together.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- down
- together
- …
- onto
- to
- tape something + adv./prep. to stick something onto something else using sticky tape
- Someone had taped a message on the door.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- down
- together
- …
- onto
- to
- tape something (up) (North American English) to tie a bandage (= a piece of cloth) around an injury or a wound
- That's a nasty cut—come on, we'll get it all taped up.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- down
- together
- …
- onto
- to
Word OriginOld English tæppa, tæppe; perhaps related to Middle Low German teppen ‘pluck, tear’.
Idioms
See tape in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee tape in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishhave (got) somebody/something taped
- (British English, informal) to understand somebody/something completely and to have learned how to deal with them/it successfully
- He can't fool me—I've got him taped.
- It took me a while to learn the job, but I think I’ve got it taped now.
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