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taped

adj.
B1 Intermediate US //ˈteɪpt// UK //tˈeɪpt// taped

adj. covered or held together with sticky tape. You use this to describe something that has been fixed or closed using a long strip of plastic or paper.

adj. fastened, secured, or repaired using adhesive tape. Often used as a participial adjective to describe the physical state of an object.


SIMPLE

The box is taped shut so nothing falls out.

CONTEXTUAL

He handed me a taped envelope that looked like it had been opened and resealed several times.

COMPLEX

The athlete competed with a heavily taped ankle to provide stability and prevent further injury during the high-impact movements of the match.

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Often follows a linking verb like 'is' or 'remains', or precedes a noun as a modifier.

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