type
noun
[ tʌɪp ]
• a category of people or things having common characteristics.
• "this type of heather grows better in a drier habitat"
Similar:
kind,
sort,
variety,
class,
category,
classification,
group,
set,
bracket,
genre,
genus,
species,
family,
order,
breed,
race,
strain,
style,
description,
designation,
condition,
quality,
nature,
manner,
design,
shape,
form,
pattern,
rank,
brand,
make,
model,
line,
mark,
generation,
vintage,
stamp,
ilk,
kidney,
cast,
grain,
mould,
stripe,
• a person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something.
• "she characterized his witty sayings as the type of modern wisdom"
Similar:
epitome,
quintessence,
essence,
perfect example,
archetype,
model,
pattern,
paradigm,
exemplar,
embodiment,
personification,
avatar,
prototype,
• 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.
type
verb
• write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys.
• "he typed out the second draft"
• determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs.
• "the kidney was typed"
Origin:
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.
-type
suffix
• (forming adjectives) resembling or having the characteristics of a specified thing.
• "the dish-type radio telescope"
in type
• composed and ready for printing.
