often attributive
1
a
: a particular kind, class, or group
oranges of the seedless type
leaders of the new type … did England yeoman's service—G. M. Trevelyan
b
: something distinguishable as a variety : sort
what type of food do you like?
c
: a member of an indicated class or variety of people
the guests were mostly urban types—Lucy Cook
d
: a typical and often superior specimen
e
: qualities common to a number of individuals that distinguish them as an identifiable class: such as
(1)
: the morphological, physiological, or ecological characters by which relationship between organisms may be recognized
(2)
: the form common to all instances of a linguistic element
2
a
: printed letters
b(1)
: a rectangular block usually of metal bearing a relief character from which an inked print can be made
(2)
: a collection of such blocks
a font of type
(3)
: alphanumeric characters for printing
the type for this book has been photoset
c
: typeface
italic type
d
: matter set in type
3
: a distinctive mark or sign
4
a
: a person or thing (as in the Old Testament) believed to foreshadow another (as in the New Testament)
b
: one having qualities of a higher category : model
c
: a lower taxonomic category selected as a standard of reference for a higher category
also
: a specimen or series of specimens on which a taxonomic species or subspecies is actually based
typed; typing
: to write something on a typewriter or enter data into a computer by way of a keyboard
1
: to produce (a character, a document, etc.) using a keyboard (as on a typewriter or computer)
also
: keyboard
2
: to identify as belonging to a type: such as
a
: to determine the natural type of (as a blood sample)
b
: typecast
3
a
: to produce a copy of
b
: to represent in terms of typical characteristics : typify
4
: to represent beforehand as a type : prefigure
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