ALL meanings of type
type
T t - noun type particular kind, class 1
- noun type printing: character 1
- transitive verb type typewrite, on keyboard 1
- abbreviation TYPE typewrite 1
- noun type character 1
- noun type person 1
- noun type printing: collective 1
- noun type printed character 1
- transitive verb type determine: blood type 1
- noun type 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: a criminal of the most vicious type. 1
- noun type a thing or person regarded as a member of a class or category; kind; sort (usually followed by of): This is some type of mushroom. 1
- noun type Informal. a person, regarded as reflecting or typifying a certain line of work, environment, etc.: a couple of civil service types. 1
- noun type a thing or person that represents perfectly or in the best way a class or category; model: the very type of a headmaster. 1
- noun type 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: a headline in large type. face (defs 19b, c). 1
- noun type 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. 1
- noun type Agriculture. the inherited features of an animal or breed that are favorable for any given purpose: dairy type. a strain, breed, or variety of animal, or a single animal, belonging to a specific kind. 1
- noun type Logic, Linguistics.. Also called type-word. the general form of a word, expression, symbol, or the like in contrast to its particular instances: The type “and” in “red and white and blue” has two separate tokens. Compare token (def 8). 1
- noun type the pattern or model from which something is made. 1
- noun type an image or figure produced by impressing or stamping, as the principal figure or device on either side of a coin or medal. 1
- noun type a distinctive or characteristic mark or sign. 1
- noun type a symbol of something in the future, as an Old Testament event serving as a prefiguration of a New Testament event. 1
- noun type Medicine/Medical. blood group. 1
- verb with object type to write on a typewriter; typewrite or keyboard. 1
- verb with object type to reproduce in type or in print. 1
- verb with object type Medicine/Medical. to ascertain the type of (a blood or tissue sample). 1
- verb with object type to typecast. 1
- verb with object type to be a type or symbol of; typify; symbolize; represent. 1
- verb with object type to represent prophetically; foreshadow; prefigure. 1
- verb without object type to typewrite. 1
- countable noun type A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common. 0
- countable noun type If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group. 0
- countable noun type If you refer to a person as a particular type, you mean that they have that particular appearance, character, or way of behaving. 0
- verb type If you type something, you use a computer keyboard, typewriter or word processor to write it. 0
- uncountable noun type Type is printed text as it appears in a book or newspaper, or the small pieces of metal that are used to create this. 0
- noun type a kind, class, or category, the constituents of which share similar characteristics 0
- noun type a subdivision of a particular class of things or people; sort 0
- noun type the general form, plan, or design distinguishing a particular group 0
- noun type a person who typifies a particular quality 0
- noun type a person, esp of a specified kind 0
- noun type a small block of metal or more rarely wood bearing a letter or character in relief for use in printing 0
- noun type such pieces collectively 0
- noun type characters printed from type; print 0
- noun type the taxonomic group the characteristics of which are used for defining the next highest group, for example Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) is the type species of the rat genus Rattus 0
- noun type (as modifier) 0
- noun type the characteristic device on a coin 0
- noun type a symbol regarded as standing for the class of all symbols identical to it 0
- noun type a class of expressions or of the entities they represent that can all enter into the same syntactic relations. The theory of types was advanced by Bertrand Russell to avoid the liar paradox, Russell's paradox, etc 0
- noun type a universal. If a sentence always has the same meaning whenever it is used, the meaning is said to be a property of the sentence-type 0
- noun type a figure, episode, or symbolic factor resembling some future reality in such a way as to foreshadow or prefigure it 0
- noun type a distinctive sign or mark 0