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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈteɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/teɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tāp)

Inflections of 'tape' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
tapes
v 3rd person singular
taping
v pres p
taped
v past
taped
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tape /teɪp/USA pronunciation   n., v., taped, tap•ing, adj. 
n. 
  1. [countable] a long, narrow strip of fabric for tying garments, joining seams or edges, etc.
  2. Building material in the form of narrow strips, with a sticky, adhesive surface, used for sealing, etc.:[uncountable]a piece of adhesive tape.
    • [uncountable] a long, narrow, magnetized strip of plastic able to record and play back sounds or images:The tape must have broken and ruined the VCR.
    • [countable] a length of this tape with recorded sounds or images;
      an audiotape, cassette tape, or videotape.
  4. Sport[countable] a string stretched across the finish line of a race and broken by the winner on crossing the line.
  5. Buildingtape measure.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to tie up, bind, or attach with tape:to tape the bows to the packages.
  2. Sound Reproductionto record on specially treated tape:to tape the concert.

adj. 
  1. of, for, or recorded on magnetic tape.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tape (tāp),USA pronunciation 
n. 
  1. a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
  2. a long, narrow strip of paper, metal, etc.
  3. Buildinga strip of cloth, paper, or plastic with an adhesive surface, used for sealing, binding, or attaching items together;
    adhesive tape or masking tape.
  4. BuildingSee tape measure. 
  5. a string stretched across the finishing line in a race and broken by the winning contestant on crossing the line.
  6. TelecommunicationsSee ticker tape. 
  7. Sound ReproductionSee magnetic tape. 
  8. Sound Reproductiona magnetic tape carrying prerecorded sound:a tape of a rock concert.

v.t. 
  1. to furnish with a tape or tapes.
  2. to tie up, bind, or attach with tape.
  3. Buildingto measure with or as if with a tape measure.
  4. Sound Reproductionto record or prerecord on magnetic tape.

v.i. 
  1. Sound Reproductionto record something on magnetic tape.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English; unexplained variant of tappe, Old English tæppe strip (of cloth), literally, part torn off; akin to Middle Low German teppen to tear, pluck
tape′less, adj. 
tape′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tape /teɪp/ n
  1. a long thin strip, made of cotton, linen, etc, used for binding, fastening, etc
  2. any long narrow strip of cellulose, paper, metal, etc, having similar uses
  3. a string stretched across the track at the end of a race course
  4. slang chiefly Brit
    another word for stripe1
  5. See magnetic tape, paper tape, ticker tape
 vb (mainly tr)
  1. Also: tape-record (also intr) to record (speech, music, etc)
  2. to furnish with tapes
  3. to bind, measure, secure, or wrap with tape
  4. (usually passive) Brit informal to take stock of (a person or situation); sum up
Etymology: Old English tæppe; related to Old Frisian tapia to pull, Middle Dutch tapen to tearˈtapeˌlike adj ˈtaper n
'tape' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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