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noun

ˈtāp How to pronounce tape (audio)
Definition of tapenext
as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of tape
Noun
Decades later, however, the guardians of the audio tapes were willing to work with Love Monday. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Rustling and droning tape effects from Frye, subtle enough to be nearly subliminal but still somehow palpably present, act as a binding agent on every track, blurring tones and connecting rhythms. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
The full Love Island USA season 8 reunion is set to tape Monday, August 10. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Staff quietly hurried to tape falling signage to the walls, troubleshoot the jumbotron and cook burgers and hot dogs as rain seeped through the grated ceilings of the exterior walkways. — Jaclyn Licht, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tape
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tape
  1. videotape
  2. rope
  3. video
  4. cord
  5. wire
  6. bandage
  7. loop
  8. chain
Noun
  • Or the fact that the Magician has recorded the group ritual through which the demon was transported into the little girl’s body on videotape.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Pontiac, Michigan show – which was filmed on two-inch videotape and has never been previously released – has a very similar setlist.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of videotape
Verb
  • Local authorities would rope together timber logs for a makeshift bridge, but in the rainy season, the logs would grow slippery and floods would wash them away.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of rope
Noun
  • Earlier in the year, Abundantia announced another AI studio initiative, teaming with AI video tech company InVideo to launch a film studio, which will develop a slate of five films over the next few years.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Mbappé did, however, post a video of himself cycling on social media over the weekend, days after his Real Madrid manager, José Mourinho, said that activity is one soccer players should avoid.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of video
Verb
  • Settings and controls Many electric or corded heating pads come with some type of temperature control, either through a remote or on the pad.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Electric snow blowers are corded and good for clearing light to moderate snow off patios, porches, walkways, and small-to-medium-size driveways.
    — Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of cord
Verb
  • There will always be a need for someone to lay fiber, install power equipment, maintain transmission lines, retrofit buildings, and wire the data centers that AI requires.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Carr and Konkoly would wire everyone up with EEG, perform their lucid-dreaming protocol, and let people drift off.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • Police then escorted Rajapaksa, who had one eye bandaged from recent surgery, to a vehicle to be taken to a jail.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In clips of the season 2 episode documenting Kari and Gina’s surgeries, the women are anesthetized, cut into, shunted around, bandaged, and propped up for interviews.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of bandage
Verb
  • Hopefully, Cruise would have the confidence to loop back to taking risks.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The open center gives hand towels or bath sheets somewhere to loop through, rather than inevitably slipping onto the floor, and the handmade stoneware can hold up to 10 pounds.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of loop
Verb
  • Our favorite animals who became celebrities A scary incident on April 26, 1941, however, led the zoo to chain him to a wall inside the Pachyderm House for 29 years.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Democrats wrote in a summary of the allegations that immigrants sleep while restrained with handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains, and even elderly people have been chained for 16 hours a day.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
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“Tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tape. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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