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# tape

noun, verb (tape, tapes, taped, taping)

«tape» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tape is a thin sticky strip used to stick things together: sticky tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#m1)
2. A tape measure is a long strip with marks used to measure length. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#m2)
3. Tape is a thin strip of cloth or plastic: red tape, finishing tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#m3)
4. To tape is to stick with tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#m4)
5. In the past, a tape was a cassette for recording sound or video; to tape is to record. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#m5)

### In the lessons

Maths: a length of tape used or cut; a tape measure for lengths: length used per item is a rate (items × length); length per roll and pieces cut lead to dividing. Everyday: masking tape, duct tape, sticky tape, «red tape» (too many rules). Sport: the runner breaks the tape at the finish line.

### Examples

- She used 30 cm of tape for each box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x1)
- A roll has 20 meters of tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x2)
- He taped 4 posters to the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x3)
- Measure the table with a tape measure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x4)
- Wrap the present and close it with tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x5)
- The winner ran through the tape at the finish line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x6)
- Police tape kept people away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x7)
- Dad taped the game to watch later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x8)
- Soon after this it chanced that the poor widow sent her children to the town to purchase cotton, needles, ribbon, and tape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable for the sticky material (some tape, a roll of tape); countable for cassettes. Length used per item is a rate (items × length); length per roll and pieces cut lead to dividing. Trap: change meters to centimeters first (1 m = 100 cm).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tape» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tape/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tape» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tape.html) on Mova free.