types

types


type     (tīp)   

n.  
  1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class.

  2. The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class.

  3. A person or thing having the features of a group or class.

  4. 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).

  5. A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group: a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin.

v.   typed, typ·ing, types

v.   tr.
  1. To write (something) with a typewriter; typewrite.

  2. To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample).

  3. To typecast.

  4. To represent or typify.

  5. 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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