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Keyboard Definition

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English

A computer keyboard A piano keyboard
An electronic keyboard instrument

Etymology

key +‎ board

Pronunciation

Noun

keyboard (plural keyboards)

  1. A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.
  2. (music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
  3. (music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

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Verb

keyboard (third-person singular simple present keyboards, present participle keyboarding, simple past and past participle keyboarded)

  1. (intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.
    Keyboarding is the part of this job I hate the most.

Translations

to type in
  • Bulgarian: набирам (bg) (nabíram)
  • Finnish: kirjoittaa (fi), naputella (fi), naputtaa (fi), näpytellä (fi), näppäillä (fi)
  • Greek: πληκτρογραφώ (el) (pliktrografó), πληκτρολογώ (el) (pliktrologó)
  • Italian: digitare (it)

 

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