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Type is defined as to produce words on a typewriter or computer.

(verb)

An example of type is to write a novel in Microsoft Word.

The definition of a type means people, places or things that share traits which allow them to belong to the same group.

(noun)

An example of type is men with blond hair.

See type in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person, thing, or event that represents or symbolizes another, esp. another that it is thought will appear later; symbol; token; sign
Rare a distinguishing mark, sign, or impress
the general form, structure, plan, style, etc. characterizing or distinguishing the members of a class or group
a kind, class, or group having distinguishing characteristics in common [a new type of airplane, an animal of the dog type]: in informal usage, often used elliptically immediately preceding the noun [a new type airplane]
a person, animal, or thing that is representative of, or has the distinctive characteristics of, a class or group; typical individual or instance
a perfect example; model; pattern; archetype
Informal an odd or eccentric person; character
Agric. the combination of characters of an animal or breed that make it most suitable for a particular use: beef type, dairy type
Biol.
1. the single specimen designated as the one on which the original description and name of a taxon have been based
2. type genus or type species
Math. the simplest of a set of equivalent forms
Printing
1. a rectangular piece of metal or, esp. formerly, wood, with a raised letter, figure, etc. in reverse on its upper end which, when inked and pressed against a piece of paper or other material, as in a printing press or on a typewriter, leaves an ink impression of its face; also, such pieces collectively or the characters printed from them
2. a character or characters formed electronically and produced by a computer printer
3. photographic reproductions of print used in photocomposition
4. a particular face of type

Origin: LL(Ec) typus, a model, symbol < L & Gr: L, a figure < Gr typos, a figure, archetype, model, orig., a blow, mark made by a blow < typtein: see tympan

transitive verb typed, typing

Now Rare
1. to prefigure
2. to typify; represent
to classify according to type: to be typed as a villain
to write using the keyboard of a typewriter or computer
Med. to determine the type of (a blood sample)

intransitive verb

to use the keyboard of a typewriter

Related Forms:

typable adjective or typeable

type, representative form, example: phonotype, stereotype
stamp, print, printing type: ferrotype, monotype

Origin: Fr < Gr -typon < typos: see type

See type in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class.
The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class.
A person or thing having the features of a group or class.
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).
A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group: a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types.
A figure, representation, or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that foreshadows another in the New Testament.
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.
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.
A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin.