Type Definition

tīp

typed, types, typing

noun

types

A distinguishing mark, sign, or impress.

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A kind, class, or group having distinguishing characteristics in common [a new type of airplane, an animal of the dog type]

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The general form, structure, plan, style, etc. characterizing or distinguishing the members of a class or group.

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A person, thing, or event that represents or symbolizes another, esp. another that it is thought will appear later; symbol; token; sign.

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A person, animal, or thing that is representative of, or has the distinctive characteristics of, a class or group; typical individual or instance.

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Antonyms:
antitype

verb

typed, types, typing

To prefigure.

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To use the keyboard of a typewriter, computer, etc.; specif., to touch-type.

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To input (something) manually on an electronic device, especially by using a keyboard.

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To typify; represent.

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To classify according to type.

To be typed as a villain.

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affix

Type, representative form, example.

Phonotype, stereotype.

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Stamp, print, printing type.

Ferrotype, monotype.

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idiom

(one's) type

A person to whom one should be sexually attracted or romantically inclined:
With her interest in art, she should be just your type.

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someone's type

the kind of person that someone finds attractive or agreeable
a bookish man is definitely not her type

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Other Word Forms of Type

Noun

Singular:

type

Plural:

types

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Type

(one's) type
someone's type

Origin of Type

Middle English symbol from Late Latin typus type from Latin image from Greek tupos impression

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (tupos, “mark, impression, type"), from τύπτω (tuptō, “I strike, beat").

From Wiktionary
Fr < Gr -typon < typos: see type

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition