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noun (plural types) |
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1. category or kind: a group made up of individuals or items that have strongly marked and readily defined similarities
  What type of decoration did you have in mind?
People of that type never stay in a job for long.
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2. person or thing: somebody or something regarded as belonging to a group or category by virtue of having the main qualities associated with it
They sent me a new type of keyboard to try out.
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3. particular kind of person: a person regarded as having a particular temperament or characteristics
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a gathering of bookish types
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4. somebody who appeals: somebody with the qualities that appeal to somebody else
He's really not my type.
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5. printed characters: printed words, letters, or symbols as they appear on a page
headings in italic type
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6. printing blocks: the set of small metal blocks used in printing, especially formerly, each of which has a raised figure that is the mirror image of a number or letter on one of its sides
set up the type
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7. individual printing block: an individual piece of type bearing a single character
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8. template: something used as a pattern or template for making other things of the same kind
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9. biology representative organism: a plant or animal that most fully represents its genus and whose attributes are used to define the genus as a whole and, usually, give it its name
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10. biology representative genus or species: a genus or species of plant or animal whose attributes serve as the defining characteristics for the next higher level of taxonomic classification
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11. linguistics linguistic unit: a letter, word, or other linguistic unit regarded as representing all units that are forms of it, as distinct from an individual form token
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12. philosophy general expression: an expression regarded not as a physical object but as an abstract pattern that individual expressions can conform to
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13. christianity sign of something to come: an event, figure, or sign taken as foreshadowing something in the future
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verb (past and past participle typed, present participle typ·ing, 3rd person present singular types) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb key words on keyboard: to key words using a computer keyboard, word processor, or typewriter
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2. transitive verb classify something: to classify something, especially blood, according to its type
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3. transitive verb typecast somebody: to characterize somebody as being a person who plays a particular kind of role
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4. transitive verb christianity foreshadow something: to foreshadow a future event or fact
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| [15th century. Via Latin typus< Greek tupos "blow, impression"] |
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| typ·al adjective |
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type, kind, sort, category, class, species, genre
CORE MEANING: a group having a common quality or qualities
type a group made up of individuals or items that have strongly marked and readily defined similarities;
Certain types of bacteria can build up resistance to disinfectants.
The reactor was of the same type as the one that exploded at Chernobyl in 1986.
kind
sort a group of individuals or items connected by shared characteristics;
comparing soils of different kinds
the kind of music you might have danced to in the 1600s
leisure activities of various sorts
What sort of things will you be painting?
category a group or set of things, people, or actions that are classified together because of common characteristics;
The available courses are broken into two main categories, full-time and part-time.
People who fall into none of these official categories can still contribute.
class a group into which things with at least one characteristic in common are organized;
other classes of drugs used in the treatment of cardiac arrest patients
They swept to eight golds and 11 medals in the 12 weight classes at the world championships.
species a type of something;
a species of formal public oration rarely heard nowadays
genre one of the categories, based on form, style, or subject matter, into which artistic works of all kinds can be divided;
dramatic scenarios that parody genres such as the thriller and the spy novel
The club promises to feature quality music of all genres. |
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