tech

1 of 3

noun (1)

: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 3

noun (2)

often attributive
: technology
the triumph of tech … is far from completeNewsweek

tech

3 of 3

abbreviation

Examples of tech in a Sentence

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Noun
Calderone has spared no expense, bringing together a team of trainers, tech developers, media specialists and veterinarians to ensure that both the horses and the technology surrounding them receive the highest level of care. William Jones, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025 Roblox The gaming tech company is firing on all cylinders, according to analyst Omar Dessouky. Michael Bloom, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025 Humans Are Not Bugs In The System In tech circles, there’s a persistent narrative that humans are a problem to be solved. Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 As tech giants rush to build newer AI models, their web crawlers vacuum up creative content, and those same models spew floods of synthetic media, risking drowning out the human creative spark in an ocean of pablum. ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tech

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1942, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tech was in 1942

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“Tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tech. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

tech

1 of 2 noun
: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 2 noun

Medical Definition

tech

abbreviation

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