tech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛk/
ipa: [tʰɛk]
rhymes: -ɛk
homophone: TEK
Forms: form: techs
Etymology: Clipping of technology, technician, and technique.
Senses: examples: text: I can't understand all this new tech.
text: Remember, something that seems straightforward to you can be very scary to people who don't have enough info or tech knowledge to provide a context or meaning on their own.
ref: 2012, Nancy Lyons, Meghan Wilker, Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process:
text: "The tech on this is really good. But in essence, it's still a train any competent driver should be able to learn easily.
ref: 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22:
glosses: Technology.
examples: text: Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have too much power.
text: Tech stocks are down on Nasdaq.
text: Tech workers can earn big money.
text: In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).
ref: 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Technology.
Denotes technology businesses or the technology industry, especially in the field of computing and the Internet.
examples: text: The service writers collaborate with the techs and communicate with the customers.
text: A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
ref: 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23:
glosses: Technician; technologist.
glosses: Technique.
examples: text: Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech.
text: In high school, he attended the tech program, studying construction trades.
glosses: Technical college; technical school.
raw_tags: used in titles
examples: text: Despite his early preparation, the three-week tech period is Nigrini’s only opportunity to make his vision come to fruition.
ref: 2017 November 30, Marc J. Franklin, “Inside Tech Rehearsal for Broadway’s SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical”, in Playbill:
text: Typically when you’re developing a musical you have hours of rehearsal and hours of tech, […] and everyone’s tired of the show by the end.
ref: 2020 December 31, Alyssa Bereznak, “Anyone Can Cook: The Oral History of Ratatouille: The Musical”, in The Ringer:
glosses: Clipping of technical rehearsal.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
synonyms: technical inspection
scrutineering
glosses: Clipping of technical inspection
Derived terms: adtech
aggrotech
agrotech
alt-tech
antiquitech
astrotech
big tech
biotech
cleantech
cytotech
deep tech
edtech
fast tech
femtech
fintech
foodtech
GaTech
ghettotech
greentech
grieftech
grief tech
hard tech
high-tech
histotech
hi-tech
infotech
info tech
insurtech
lab tech
legaltech
low-tech
magitech
martech
medtech
nanotech
neurotech
nontech
paytech
pyrotechny
sci-tech
secondary tech
slick-tech
surg tech
tech abuse
tech baron
tech bro
techbro
tech-bro
tech debt
tech diving
techdom
tech giant
tech guru
tech head
tech-head
tech house
techie
techland
techlash
tech neck
tech noir
tech-nomad
technote
techpreneur
tech-savvy
techspeak
Techspressionism
tech stack
techstep
tech support
TechTok
tech tree
tech up
tech vest
tech week
tech wreck
techy
vo-tech
wealthtech
xenotech
Related terms: technology
technological