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type

[tahyp]

,noun, verb, typed, typ⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.

2.	a thing or person regarded as a member of a class or category; kind; sort (usually fol. by of): This is some type of mushroom.

3.	Informal. a person, regarded as reflecting or typifying a certain line of work, environment, etc.: a couple of civil service types.

4.	a thing or person that represents perfectly or in the best way a class or category; model: the very type of a headmaster.

Printing.

a.	a rectangular piece or block, now usually of metal, having on its upper surface a letter or character in relief.

b.	such pieces or blocks collectively.

c.	a similar piece in a typewriter or the like.

d.	such pieces collectively.

e.	a printed character or printed characters: a headline in large type.

f.	face (defs. 19b, c).

Biology.

a.	a genus or species that most nearly exemplifies the essential characteristics of a higher group.

b.	the one or more specimens on which the description and naming of a species is based.

Agriculture.

a.	the inherited features of an animal or breed that are favorable for any given purpose: dairy type.

b.	a strain, breed, or variety of animal, or a single animal, belonging to a specific kind.

8.	Logic, Linguistics. Also called type-word. the general form of a word, expression, symbol, or the like in contrast to its particular instances: The type “and” in “red and white and blue” has two separate tokens. Compare token (def. 8).

9.	the pattern or model from which something is made.

10.	an image or figure produced by impressing or stamping, as the principal figure or device on either side of a coin or medal.

11.	a distinctive or characteristic mark or sign.

12.	a symbol of something in the future, as an Old Testament event serving as a prefiguration of a New Testament event.

13.	Medicine/Medical. blood group.

–verb (used with object)

14.	to write on a typewriter; typewrite or keyboard.

15.	to reproduce in type or in print.

16.	Medicine/Medical. to ascertain the type of (a blood or tissue sample).

17.	to typecast.

18.	to be a type or symbol of; typify; symbolize; represent.

19.	to represent prophetically; foreshadow; prefigure.

–verb (used without object)

20.	to typewrite.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME: symbol, figure (< MF) < L typus bas-relief, ground plan < Gk týpos blow, impression

Synonyms:
1. sort, classification, form, stamp. 2. sample, example.

Usage note:
2. When preceded by a modifier, type meaning “kind, sort” is sometimes used without a following of: This type furnace uses very little current. In writing, a hyphen is often placed between type and the preceding word or words: a magnetic-type holder; a New England-type corn pudding. This construction is frequently criticized by usage guides; it is most typical of journalistic writing and advertising and occurs rarely in formal speech or writing. In almost all cases the construction can be rendered fully standard either by restoring of after type, with no hyphen (this type of furnace; a New England type of corn pudding) or by omitting type altogether (a magnetic holder).

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n.

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.
1. A taxonomic group, especially a genus or species, chosen as the representative example in characterizing the larger taxonomic group to which it belongs.
2. See holotype.
3. 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.
4. Such pieces considered as a group.
5. Printed or typewritten characters; print.
6. A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface: a sans-serif type.
Printing
1. 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.
2. Such pieces considered as a group.
3. Printed or typewritten characters; print.
4. 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.

v. typed, typ·ing, types

v. tr.

To write (something) with a typewriter; typewrite.
To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample).
To typecast.
To represent or typify.
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.]

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