Definitions for type

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Spelling: [tahyp]

IPA: /taɪp/

Type is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in type (epty).

Definitions for type

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:
2. a thing or person regarded as a member of a class or category; kind; sort (usually followed by of):
3. Informal. a person, regarded as reflecting or typifying a certain line of work, environment, etc.:
4. a thing or person that represents perfectly or in the best way a class or category; model:
5. Printing. a rectangular piece or block, now usually of metal, having on its upper surface a letter or character in relief. such pieces or blocks collectively. a similar piece in a typewriter or the like. such pieces collectively. a printed character or printed characters: face (defs 19b, c).
6. Biology. a genus or species that most nearly exemplifies the essential characteristics of a higher group. the one or more specimens on which the description and naming of a species is based.
7. Agriculture. the inherited features of an animal or breed that are favorable for any given purpose: 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: 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)

1. to write on a typewriter; typewrite or keyboard.
2. to reproduce in type or in print.
3. Medicine/Medical. to ascertain the type of (a blood or tissue sample).
4. to typecast.
5. to be a type or symbol of; typify; symbolize; represent.
6. to represent prophetically; foreshadow; prefigure.

verb (used without object)

1. to typewrite.

Origin of type

1425-75; late Middle English: symbol, figure (Middle French) Latin typus bas-relief, ground plan Greek týpos blow, impression

Examples for type

It was the type of fall that should have resulted in bruises and maybe a sprained ankle.

You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?

Is he the type of character who would ever join the group permanently, or is he more of a drift-in, drift-out kind of guy?

I hope that there is a trend away from the kind of “click-bait” type of essay that you often see on the Internet.

“It's insane to see what the extreme version of that type of helpless anger combined with mental illness can create,” Cook wrote.

Changes in spelling, use of capitals, punctuation and type are not recorded.

This was the first apparatus which printed a telegram in type.

He took children as the type of what people should try to become.

Mr. Forest cannot find the type of girl he wishes for the part.

He took sabbatarianism as a type of the things that should be set at nought.