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   Type

   /tīp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a category of people or things having common characteristics: "this type of heather grows better in a drier habitat" Similar kindsortvarietyclasscategoryclassificationgroupsetbracketgenregenusspeciesfamilyorderbreedracestrainstyledescriptiondesignationconditionqualitynaturemannerdesignshapeformpatternrankbrandmakemodellinemarkgenerationvintagestampilkkidneycastgrainmoldstripe
   • ▪ a person, thing, or event considered as a representative of a type: "it's not the type of car I'd want my daughter to drive"
   • ▪ a person of a specified character or nature: informal "professor types in tweed" Similar personindividualcharactersortinformal:bod
   • ▪ the sort of person one likes or finds attractive: informal "she's not really my type"
   • 2. a person or thing symbolizing or exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something: "she characterized his witty sayings as the type of modern wisdom" Similar epitomequintessenceessenceperfect examplearchetypemodelpatternparadigmexemplarembodimentpersonificationavatarprototype
   • ▪ an object, conception, or work of art serving as a model for subsequent artists.
   • ▪ a person or event in the Old Testament taken as a foreshadowing of someone or something in the New Testament.
   • ▪ an organism or taxon chosen as having the essential characteristics of its group.
   • ▪ short for type specimen
   • 3. printed characters or letters: "bold or italic type" Similar printtypefacefacecharactersletteringlettersfontfount
   • ▪ a piece of metal with a raised letter or character on its upper surface, for use in letterpress printing.
   • ▪ the pieces of metal used in letterpress printing collectively: "the first European printing of books began in 1454 with the invention of movable type"
   • 4. a design on either side of a medal or coin.
   • 5. an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing.

   verb

   • 1. write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys: "he typed out the second draft"
   • 2. determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs: "the kidney was typed"
   • 3. short for typecast

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘symbol, emblem’): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’. The use in printing dates from the early 18th century; the general sense ‘category with common characteristics’ arose in the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. typal adjective

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