type has definitions from the fields of printing,biology,writing
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[ noun ] a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

Examples

"what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

That is why it is important to invest in comfortable , airy types of shoes .

It is not as convenient as the old type toothbrush and the paste tends to shimmy of the bristles .

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

This is not to say that the only explanation of the present infatuation with Norman_Vincent_Peale 's `` cult of reassurance '' or the other types of a purely cultural Christianity is the ever-present need for a demythologized gospel .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

On the basis of what they give us we can know how the young Caruso sang , appreciate the distinctive qualities of Parsifal under Karl_Muck 's baton , or sense the type of ensemble Toscanini created in his years with the New_York_Philharmonic .

Some of them are obvious , such as the fact that we associate recorded and live music with our responses and behavior in different types of environments and social settings .

Related terms

antitype kind version nature

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[ noun ] a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

Examples

"a real character" "a strange character" "a friendly eccentric" "the capable type" "a mental case"

Used in print

(John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)

These carts were of a type devised in Pembina in the days of Alexander_Henry the Younger about a decade before the Selkirk colony was begun .

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

Brooklyn_College is unequivocally Jewish in tone , and efforts to detribalize the college by bringing_in unimpeachably midwestern types on the faculty have been unavailing .

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

The hero , who is himself , is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East , a sort_of Faustus type , who , to quote from Professor_Bo ^ o ^ k again , `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life .

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

He said he was the lonely type and working in a cellar you saw funny things coming out of the cracks in the wall if they was n't nobody with you .

Related terms

adult

3
[ noun ] (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

Related terms

taxonomic_group biology

4
[ noun ] printed characters

Examples

"small type is hard to read"

Related terms

character font type_family

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[ verb ] (writing) write by means of a keyboard with types

Synonyms

typewrite

Examples

"type the acceptance letter, please"

Used in print

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

After a moment of thought , her mind cleared and , in the interest of clarity , she typed into the record : `` Shot in the woods '' .

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[ verb ] identify as belonging to a certain type

Synonyms

typecast

Examples

"Such people can practically be typed"

Used in print

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

Experts say the partners in marriages like these can almost be typed .

Related terms

identify character

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[ noun ] (printing) a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper

Examples

"he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"

Related terms

block quad

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[ noun ] all of the tokens of the same symbol

Examples

"the word `element' contains five different types of character"

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symbol

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