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Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

Example: Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.

Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.

Example: After the party there was tape all over the place.

Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

Example: Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.

Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

Example: Did you get that on tape?

To bind with adhesive tape.

Example: Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.

To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

Example: You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.

(passive) To understand, figure out.

Example: I've finally got this thing taped.