typist

«typist» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who types, especially someone whose job is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a typist, typists)

meaning for a pupil

1) A typist is a person who types, especially someone whose job is typing letters and documents. tree →

2) Anyone who types can be called a typist, such as «a fast typist». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons about offices, typists worked on typewriters, often in big typing pools, before computers. Today the word mostly describes how fast or accurately someone types; children practise touch typing in computing lessons. In maths problems, typing speed is given in words per minute. Phrases: «a fast typist», «touch typist», «a two-finger typist».

examples

• The typist typed 60 words a minute. tree →
• Grandma worked as a typist in an office. tree →
• I'm a slow typist because I use two fingers. tree →
• Touch typists don't look at the keyboard. tree →
• A typist who types 40 words a minute types 400 words in 10 minutes. tree →
• In old films, rows of typists clatter away on typewriters. tree →

note

Countable: a typist, typists. Verb: type; the machine is a typewriter. «Typo» is a typing mistake.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «typist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.