noun🔗ShareFlexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape."Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper."materialstationeryitemessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll."After the party there was tape all over the place."materialstationeryessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFinishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race."Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record."sportraceachievementessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMagnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape."Did you get that on tape?"mediaelectronicstechnologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it."My son's school project included a tape of his grandfather's speech. "mediatechnologyentertainmentsoundessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus."Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight."mindattitudetendencyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades."Don’t fight the tape."businessfinanceeconomyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick"His pass was right on the tape."sportmaterialitemessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine."The printing machine's tape guided the paper smoothly through the rollers. "machinetechnicalindustryessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bind with adhesive tape."Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it."materialstationeryessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo record, particularly onto magnetic tape."You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping."mediaelectronicssoundtechnologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(passive) To understand, figure out."I taped the instructions for building the model airplane; it wasn't entirely clear at first. "mindlanguagecommunicationessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
