type
Meaning of type
noun
- a category of people or things having common characteristics.
this type of heather grows better in a drier habitat
blood types
- a person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something.
she characterized his witty sayings as the type of modern wisdom
- characters or letters that are printed or shown on a screen.
bold type
- a design on either side of a medal or coin.
- an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing.
- write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys.
he typed out the second draft
I'm learning to type
- determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs.
the kidney was typed
late 15th century (in the sense ‘symbol, emblem’): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’. The use in printing dates from the early 18th century; the general sense ‘category with common characteristics’ arose in the mid 19th century.
suffix- (forming adjectives) resembling or having the characteristics of a specified thing.
the dish-type radio telescope
a champagne-type fizzy wine
Information about type
- The plural form of type is: types.
- Languages in which type is used:
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Hyphenation of type
type
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- type is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
type synonyms
Meaning character:
Meaning typewrite:
Meaning typecast:
Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:
Meaning a category of things or people with a common feature; a type:
Meaning a thing which differs in some way from others of the same general class or sort; a type:
Meaning a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality:
Meaning a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics:
Meaning a category into which something is put:
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context:
Meaning a style or category of art, music, or literature:
Meaning (in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds:
Meaning a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a :
Meaning a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit:
Meaning the quality or nature of something:
Meaning a stock of animals or plants within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection:
Meaning a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course:
Meaning a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:
Meaning a particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way:
Meaning a type or class of people or things:
Meaning the action of choosing someone to hold an office or post:
Meaning the state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order:
Meaning the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something:
Meaning the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something:
Meaning a way in which a thing is done or happens:
Meaning a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made:
Meaning the external form, contours, or outline of someone or something:
Meaning a type or variety of something:
Meaning an arrangement or design regularly found in comparable objects:
Meaning a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces:
Meaning a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name:
Meaning the manufacturer or trade name of a product:
Meaning a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original:
Meaning a range of commercial goods:
Meaning a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt:
Meaning a single stage in the development of a type of product or technology:
Meaning the time that something of quality was produced:
Meaning a particular class or type of person or thing:
Meaning a type of person or thing similar to one already referred to:
Meaning each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, that excrete urine:
Meaning the character of something:
Meaning wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food:
Meaning a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens:
Meaning a long, narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it:
Meaning a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type:
Meaning the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class:
Meaning the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character:
Meaning an original which has been imitated; a prototype:
Meaning a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model:
Meaning a person or thing serving as a typical example or appropriate model:
Meaning a tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling:
Meaning a figure intended to represent an abstract quality:
Meaning a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher:
Meaning the first, original, or typical form of something; an archetype:
Meaning the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style:
Meaning a particular design of type:
Meaning the front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal:
Meaning a symbol representing a letter or number:
Meaning the letters written or printed on something:
Meaning a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet:
Meaning a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure:
Meaning a source of a desirable quality or commodity:
Translation of type
- French: frapper, dactylographier, pianoter, taper, modèle, type, classe, entrer, saisir, rentrer
- German: tippen
- Spanish: escribir, mecanografiar, teclear, clase, modelo, tipo, tipificar, tipear
- Italian: digitare, dattilografare, tipo, classe, tipizzare, tipificare
Anagrams of type
Words that rhyme with type
Alphatype, Diatype, chiasmatype, chromatype, datatype, katatype, megatype, metatype, pantatype, paratype, pinatype, pneumatype, rhegmatype, voltatype, LabType, subtype, ectype, fdtype, wildtype, Teletype, antetype, archetype, foretype, gynetype, pretype, radioteletype, retype, teletype, Craftype, offtype, Varitype, antitype, architype, callitype, chemitype, hemitype, kallitype, varitype, disktype, nickeltype, leimtype, syntype, tintype, Graphotype, Linotype, Monotype, Stenotype, agriotype, agrotype, allotype
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