type

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/taɪp/ English

Definitions

noun

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, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

verb

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.

Related words

Synonyms

data type category class genre group kind nature sort stripe tribe character typecast case typewrite eccentric classification method standard

Associated

locality diabetes specimen displacement submerged strain genus locomotive receptor tender radar types

Rhymes

archetype gripe snipe prototype ripe wipe pipe stereotype hype stripe

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