type (t p)n. 1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class. 2. The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class. 3. A person or thing having the features of a group or class. 4. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment: "He was the perfect type of a military dandy" (Joyce Cary). 5. A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group: a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types. 6. A figure, representation, or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that foreshadows another in the New Testament. 7. a. A taxonomic group, especially a genus or species, chosen as the representative example in characterizing the larger taxonomic group to which it belongs. b. See holotype. 8. Printing a. A small block of metal or wood bearing a raised letter or character on the upper end that leaves a printed impression when inked and pressed on paper. b. Such pieces considered as a group. c. Printed or typewritten characters; print. d. A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface: a sans-serif type. 9. A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin. v. typed, typ·ing, types v.tr. 1. To write (something) with a typewriter; typewrite. 2. To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample). 3. To typecast. 4. To represent or typify. 5. To prefigure. v.intr. To write with a typewriter; typewrite. [Middle English, symbol, from Late Latin typus, type, from Latin, image, from Greek tupos, impression.] |   |
type
Noun
1. a kind, class, or category of things, all of which have something in common
2. a subdivision of a particular class; sort: it is more alcoholic than most wines of this type
3. the general characteristics distinguishing a particular group: the old-fashioned type of nanny
4. Informal a person, esp. of a specified kind: a seagoing type
5. a block with a raised character on it used for printing
6. text printed from type; print
Verb
[typing, typed]
1. to write using a typewriter or word processor
2. to be a symbol of or typify
3. to decide the type of; classify [Greek tupos image]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" breed - a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" nature - a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature" version, edition, variant, variation - something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" antitype - an opposite or contrasting type |
| 2. |  type - a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" | |
| 3. | type - (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms | |
| 4. |  type - printed characters; "small type is hard to read"grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" type family - a complete set of type suitable for printing text | |
| 5. |  type - all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | |
| 6. |  type - a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" kern - the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body | |
| Verb | 1. |  type - write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" shift - use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case" backspace - hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace" double-space - type with a full space between lines triple-space - type with two empty spaces between lines touch-type - type without looking at the keyboard |
| 2. |  type - identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" |
type
Translations
type [taɪp] n (= category) → genre m, espèce f (= model); modèle m (= example); type m;
vt [+ letter etc] → taper (à la machine);
in bold/italic type → en caractères gras/en italiques
type [taɪp] n (= category, model, example) → Typ m;
(Typ) → Schrift f
in bold/italic type → in Fett-/Kursivdruck
type [taɪp] n (= category) → genere m (= model); modello (= example); tipo;
vt [+ letter etc] → battere (a macchina), dattilografare;
n type [taip]
a kind, sort; variety What type of house would you prefer to live in?; They are marketing a new type of washing powder. tipe, soort نَوْع، طِراز، نموذَج вид typ, druh slags; type die Art τύπος, είδος tipo tüüp نوع؛ تیپ tyyppi type, sorte סוּג प्रकार tip, vrsta jelleg, típus jenis tegund, gerð tipo 型 타입, 형(型) rūšis, pobūdis, tipas tips; veids; modelis jenis soort type typ tipo tip, fel, gen тип; сорт; разновидность druh, typ vrsta tip typ, art, slag, sort รูปแบบ çeşit, tip 類型 тип, рід, клас قسم، نوع loại 类型
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