—tape /teɪp/
noun [C or U] (RECORDING)
► F0 thin plastic in a long, narrow strip with a magnetic covering that allows sounds or sounds and pictures to be recorded and played again, especially one on which sound is (to be) recorded: » magnetic tape» I've got that film on tape (= recorded) if you want to borrow it.» If you give me a blank tape (= one with nothing on it) I'll record it for you.Thesaurus+: ↑Audio and video equipment• • •
Extra Examples:» Your tape deck has chewed up my cassette!» The course comprises a class book, a practice book and an audio tape.» Now the data is being transferred from magnetic tape to hard disk.» The tape jammed while I was fast-forwarding it.» We couldn't hear what they were saying on the tape - there was too much background noise.noun [C or U] (STRIP)
F0 a long, narrow strip of material that is sometimes sticky on one side:
» UK sticky tapeThesaurus+: ↑Bands, straps and stripsthe (finishing) tapeF0 a tape stretched across the finishing line of a race that the winner breaks as they finish
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Thesaurus+: ↑AthleticsThesaurus+: ↑Surfaces on which sports take place
verb [T] (RECORD) ↑Verb Endings for tape
► F0 to record something on tapeThesaurus+: ↑Recording sounds and imagesverb [T] (USE STICKY STRIPS) ↑Verb Endings for tape
► F0 to use strips of sticky material, especially to fix two things together or to fasten a parcel: » She taped a note to the door.Thesaurus+: ↑Fastening and tying- be better able to do something
- be better off
- be better than sex
- be between a rock and a hard place
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea
- be beyond description
- be beyond/past redemption
- be beyond sb
- be big of sb
- be big on sth
- be big somewhere/in sth
- be blessed with sth
- be blind to sth
- be blowed if...
- bebop
- be bored, drunk, etc. out of your mind
- be born
- be bound and determined
- be brought/called to account
- be busy as a bee
- be called to the Bar
- becalmed
- became
- be capped
- be carpeted with sth