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Definition of "wpm" []

  • Words per minute (abbreviation)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wpm" in a sentence
  • "I think scoring 60 wpm on a Mavis Beacon test should be sufficient."
  • "Pat Summerall and John Madden only churned out 118.2 wpm — fewer than any announcer pair today — during Super Bowl XXIV, but Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith combined for 175.5 in a 1979 game."
  • "He only said 15.8 wpm in a Monday Night Football Game in 2000."
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