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From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (tupos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (tuptō, “I strike, beat”).

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type (plural types)

  1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
    This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
  2. An individual considered typical of its class.
    • 2002, Pat Conroy, The Great Santini, page 4:
      "I just peeked out toward the restaurant and there are a lot of Navy types in there. I'd hate for you to get in trouble on your last night in Europe."
  3. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
    • 1872, Mary Rose Godfrey, Loyal, volume 3, page 116:
      Altogether he was the type of low ruffianism — as ill-conditioned a looking brute as ever ginned a hare.
  4. (printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
    1. (uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
    2. (chiefly uncountable) Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
      The headline was set in bold type.
  5. (biology) An individual considered representative of members of its taxonomic group.
    the type of a genus, family, etc.
  6. (biology) A blood group.
  7. (theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
  8. (computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining what values may be assigned to what variables.

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grouping based on shared characteristics
individual that represents the ideal for its class
block of metal or wood having a raised letter or character on its surface
biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group
blood group
theology
computing theory
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[edit] Verb

Hands of a person typing.

type (third-person singular simple present types, present participle typing, simple past and past participle typed)

  1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
  2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
  3. To determine the blood type.
    The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.

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to use a typewriter
to enter characters into a computer using keyboard
to determine blood group
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type n. (plural types or typen, diminutive typetje)

  1. type

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type

  1. singular present subjunctive of typen.

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Borrowed from ecclesiastical Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος.

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type m. (plural types)

  1. type; sort, kind
  2. (colloquial) guy, bloke
  3. (typography) typeface

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type (epicene, plural types)

  1. typical, normal, classic
  2. (statistics) standard

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type

  1. vocative singular of typus
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