Type - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |taɪp|  American pronunciation of the word type
Brit.  |taɪp|  British pronunciation of the word type

noun

- a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
what type of sculpture do you prefer?
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (syn: case, character, eccentric)
the capable type
- (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
- printed characters
small type is hard to read
- all of the tokens of the same symbol
the word 'element' contains five different types of character
- a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up

verb

- write by means of a keyboard with types (syn: typewrite)
type the acceptance letter, please
- identify as belonging to a certain type
Such people can practically be typed

Extra examples

We were not prepared to face this type of crisis.

We studied various types of trees.

A seedless type of orange

He only likes two types of music.

She likes all types of books.

How fast can you type?

I never learned how to type.

She asked her secretary to type a memo.

It is a type of many.

Three types of rural local government are discernible in America.

You wouldn't like him. He's not your type.

I was not alone in the room. Three army types were there tall, fat, khaki-uniformed.

She types well.

I've already seen a few movies of this type.

What type of music do you like?

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: type
he/she/it: types
present participle: typing
past tense: typed
past participle: typed
noun
singular: type
plural: types
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