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In some senses, typo is marked as dated, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
typo
/ˈtaɪpəʊ/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
accidental, careless, correct, last, sorry, sorry, worse
VERB + TYPO
capitalise, like, look, note, sentence, sounds, spotting, think
TYPO + NOUN
berber, french, it's, word
PREP.
in, on, than
ADV.
also, obviously, rather, really
Definitions
noun
1
A typographical error.
Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.
verb
1
To make a typographical error.
Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it.
noun
1
A compositor; a typographer.
On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.
“Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I shall be married some day. […] I am nineteen now, and have carried on with my ‘typo’ for nearly three years now.
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Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
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Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.
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His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.
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Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leav
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On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.
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“Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I
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