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noun

The definition of a type means people, places or things that share traits which allow them to belong to the same group.
An example of type is men with blond hair.

verb

Type is defined as to produce words on a typewriter or computer.
An example of type is to write a novel in Microsoft Word.

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type

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
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 wood with a raised letter, figure, etc. in reverse on its upper end: when the raised portion is inked and pressed against a piece of paper or other material, as in a printing press or a typewriter, it leaves an ink impression of its face
2. such pieces collectively or the characters printed from them
3. a character or characters formed electronically and produced by a computer printer
4. photographic reproductions of print used in photocomposition
5. a particular face of type

Origin of type

Ecclesiastical Late Latin typus, a model, symbol from Classical Latin and Gr: L, a figure from Classical Greek typos, a figure, archetype, model, origin, originally , a blow, mark made by a blow from typtein: see tympan

transitive verb

typed, typ′ing

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, computer, etc.
Med. to determine the type of (a blood sample)

to use the keyboard of a typewriter, computer, etc.; specif., to touch-type

type Idioms

someone's type

Informal the kind of person that someone finds attractive or agreeable: a bookish man is definitely not her type

-type

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

Origin of -type

French from Classical Greek -typon from typos: see type

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type

noun

A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class: That type of car was popular in the 1970s. See Synonyms at kind .
a. A person or thing having the features of a group or class: He is the type of person that is bound to get into trouble.
b. 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 )
c. 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 is believed to foreshadow another in the New Testament.
Biology The type specimen, type species, or type genus, which serves as the basis for the name of a species, genus, or family.
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: Let's see how your letter looks in type.
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.

verb

typed, typ·ing, types

verb

transitive

a. To write (something) using a typewriter.
b. To input (something) manually on an electronic device, especially by using a keyboard.
a. To assign to a category; classify or characterize: a political candidate who was typed as indecisive.
b. To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample).
c. To typecast: an actor afraid of being typed as a gangster.

verb

intransitive

To write with a typewriter or computer keyboard.

Origin of type

Middle English symbol from Late Latin typus type from Latin image from Greek tupos impression

type

A. face

B. beard

C. shoulder

D. body

E. set width

F. nick

G. foot

H. groove

I. point size

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Noun

(plural types)

A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
An individual considered typical of its class.
We can't get along: he's just not my type.
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
(printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
1. (uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
2. (chiefly uncountable) Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
  The headline was set in bold type.
(biology) An individual considered representative of members of its taxonomic group.
the type of a genus, family, etc.
(biology) A blood group.
(theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
(computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
(UK, colloquial) A person of the sort one is usually sexually or romantically attracted to.
She's my type.
(fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
(chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.
(mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present types, present participle typing, simple past and past participle typed)

To put text on paper using a typewriter.
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
To determine the blood type of.
The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Related terms

typing
typist
typo

Origin

From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek Ï„ÏÏ€Î¿Ï‚ (tupos, “mark, impression, type"), from Ï„ÏÏ€Ï„Ï‰ (tuptÅ, “I strike, beat").

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type - Computer Definition

(1) A category of data. See data type.

(2) To press the keys on a keyboard.

Try Typing on These Keys!

This "portable" typewriter was created by George Blickensderfer in 1893. (Equipment courtesy of Dorothy Hearn.)

(3) An internal DOS/Windows command that displays the contents of text and batch files as in the following examples: type abc.txt entire contents type abc.txt | more per screenful The vertical bar is a "pipe" and MORE is a "filter." A pipe passes output from one function to another. Thus, you are piping the output of the Type command to the MORE filter, which pauses after receiving a screenful of data and waits for a key to be pressed. See filters and pipes.

Weird Characters on Screen?

The Type command is for viewing .TXT, .BAT and .CMD files that are regular text. If you use Type with an .EXE, .SYS or other binary file, a strange combination of characters will be displayed along with beeps and erratic motion (see below). Binary files coincidentally trigger sounds and screen functions because their formats randomly match the first 32 characters in the ASCII table, which are control codes (see ASCII chart). See binary file.

Using Type on a Binary File

If the Type command is used to display a non-text file, these are the results.

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type - Medical Definition

A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class.
A person, thing, or model having the features of a group or class.
The type specimen, type species, or type genus, which serves as the basis for the name of a species, genus, or family.

To assign to a category.
To determine the antigenic characteristics of a blood or tissue sample.

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