Type Definition
tīp
typed, types, typing
noun
types
A distinguishing mark, sign, or impress.
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A kind, class, or group having distinguishing characteristics in common [a new type of airplane, an animal of the dog type]
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The general form, structure, plan, style, etc. characterizing or distinguishing the members of a class or group.
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A person, thing, or event that represents or symbolizes another, esp. another that it is thought will appear later; symbol; token; sign.
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A person, animal, or thing that is representative of, or has the distinctive characteristics of, a class or group; typical individual or instance.
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verb
typed, types, typing
To prefigure.
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To use the keyboard of a typewriter, computer, etc.; specif., to touch-type.
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To input (something) manually on an electronic device, especially by using a keyboard.
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To typify; represent.
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To classify according to type.
To be typed as a villain.
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affix
Type, representative form, example.
Phonotype, stereotype.
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Stamp, print, printing type.
Ferrotype, monotype.
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idiom
(one's) type
- A person to whom one should be sexually attracted or romantically inclined:
With her interest in art, she should be just your type.
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someone's type
- the kind of person that someone finds attractive or agreeable
a bookish man is definitely not her type
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Type
- (one's) type
- someone's type
Origin of Type
Middle English symbol from Late Latin typus type from Latin image from Greek tupos impression
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (tupos, “mark, impression, type"), from τύπτω (tuptō, “I strike, beat").
From Wiktionary
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Fr < Gr -typon < typos: see type
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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