Definition: 1. A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening. 2. A long narrow strip of magnetic material that is used for recording sounds, pictures or information. 3. The finishing line for a foot race.
Use 'tape' in a sentence:
1. Answers can be written or presented orally on tape.
2. They plugged in their tape-recorders.
3. Tell me when the tape starts recording.
4. Tape is expensive and loses sound quality every time it is copied.
5. He can't fool me─I've got him taped.
6. That's a nasty cut ─ come on, we'll get it all taped up.
7. Each tape lasts three minutes and costs 36 cents per minute off-peak and 48 cents at all other times.
8. Here's the cassette tape.
9. The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder.
10. He uses tapes of this program to teach English.
11. Many students declined to be interviewed on tape.
12. The tape had run to the end but recorded nothing.
13. Pupils read after the tape.
14. The band was miming to a backing tape.
15. She chewed through the tape that bound her.
16. He fast-forwarded the tape past the explosion.
17. The conversation was tape-recorded and played in court.
18. The knob is only held on by sticky tape.
19. The technical superiority of laser discs over tape is well established.
20. The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed.
21. Press pause to stop the tape.
22. I lent her my Bob Marley tapes.
23. Most of the fieldwork consisted of making tape recordings.
24. The papers were in a pile, tied together with a tape.
25. That's a nasty cut─come on, we'll get it all taped up.
26. I stopped the tape and pressed rewind.
27. Somebody had wiped all the tapes.
28. Listen to the tape.
29. The remark went unheard until reporters played back their tape recorders.
30. We've got her statement on tape.
31. Leaphorn pushed the play button again, ran the tape, pushed stop, pushed rewind.
32. Private conversations between the two had been taped and sent to a newspaper.
33. He was wired up to a police tape recorder.
34. Put it in a box and tape it up securely.
35. He can't fool me ─ I've got him taped.
36. This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.
37. My tape recorder did not catch every last word.
38. I tape my fingers.
39. Who invented the tape recorder?
40. The firm specialized in supplying pieces of equipment, such as terminals, tape drives, or printers.
41. Shall I tie the package or tape it?
42. A technician loads a video tape into one of the machines.
43. It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape.
44. Someone had taped a message on the door.
45. Wendy rewound the tape and played the message again.
46. This button advances the tape to the beginning of the next track.
47. His albums are available on tape and CD.
48. Police seized various books and tapes.
49. Press fast forward to advance the tape.
50. All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes.
