type definition

English type definition

Etymology

From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪp/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪp

Noun

type (plural types)

1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

   This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.

   • Class definition

     A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. (1 of 15 class definitions)
2. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
   • 2002, Pat Conroy, The Great Santini, page 4:

     "I just peeked out toward the restaurant and there are a lot of Navy types in there. I'd hate for you to get in trouble on your last night in Europe."

   • Typical definition

     Capturing the overall sense of a thing. (1 of 4 typical definitions)
3. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
   • 1872, Mary Rose Godfrey, Loyal, volume 3, page 116:

     Altogether he was the type of low ruffianism — as ill-conditioned a looking brute as ever ginned a hare.

   • Embodiment definition

     The process of embodying. (1 of 2 embodiment definitions)
4. (printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
   1. (uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
   2. (chiefly uncountable) Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

      The headline was set in bold type.

   • Printing definition

     The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology. (1 of 4 printing definitions)

   • Letter definition

     A symbol in an alphabet. (1 of 9 letter definitions)

   • Character definition

     A being involved in the action of a story. (1 of 15 character definitions)

   • Block definition

     A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. (1 of 35 block definitions)

   • Font definition

     A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. (1 of 3 font definitions)

   • Size definition

     An assize. (1 of 10 size definitions)
5. (taxonomy) Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
   • 2009 March 20, Greg Mayer, “Who is the type specimen of Homo sapiens?”, in Why Evolution Is True‎^[1]:

     ...thus Stearn has designated Linnaeus as the type specimen of Homo sapiens

   • 2015 December 16, “What's in a fly?”, in Natural History Museum‎^[2]:

     Musca domestica is the type-species of Musca, a genus originally created by Linnaeus for a variety of higher Diptera, many of which are now known to be in other families.

   • Taxonomy definition

     The science or the technique used to make a classification. (1 of 3 taxonomy definitions)

   • Taxon definition

     A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
6. Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.

   We can't get along: he's just not my type.

   He was exactly her type.

7. (medicine) A blood group.

   • Medicine definition

     A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way. (1 of 10 medicine definitions)

   • Blood Group definition

     A blood type.
8. (corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.

   • Corpus definition

     A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc. (1 of 3 corpus definitions)

   • Token definition

     Something serving as an expression of something else. (1 of 28 token definitions)
9. (theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

   • Theology definition

     The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. (1 of 7 theology definitions)

   • Prefigure definition

     To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context). (1 of 2 prefigure definitions)

   • Foreshadow definition

     To presage, or suggest something in advance.

   • Old Testament definition

     The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy.

   • Christian definition

     A believer in Christianity. (1 of 3 Christian definitions)
10. (computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.

    • Computing definition

      The process or act of calculation. (1 of 3 computing definitions)

    • Theory definition

      A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate. (1 of 7 theory definitions)

    • Tag definition

      A small label. (1 of 20 tag definitions)

    • Variable definition

      Able to vary or be varied. (1 of 5 variable definitions)

    • Value definition

      The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. (1 of 11 value definitions)

    • Data Type definition

      a classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them
11. (fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
12. (chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

    The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.

    • Chemistry definition

      The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules. (1 of 3 chemistry definitions)

    • Compound definition

      An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined (1 of 3 compound definitions)

    • Derive definition

      To obtain or receive (something) from something else. (1 of 6 derive definitions)
13. (mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
    • 2011, V.N. Grishin (originator), "Types, theory of", in Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Types,_theory_of&oldid=14150

      Logics of the second and higher orders may be regarded as type-theoretic systems.

    Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types.

    • Mathematics definition

      An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts. (1 of 2 mathematics definitions)

    • Partition definition

      An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. (1 of 12 partition definitions)

Synonyms

• (grouping based on shared characteristics): category, class, genre, group, kind, nature, sort, stripe, tribe
• (computing theory): data type
• (printing): sort
• (mathematics): sort
• See also Thesaurus:class

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: タイプ
• → Korean: 타입 (taip)

Translations

Verb

type (third-person singular simple present types, present participle typing, simple past and past participle typed)

1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.

   • Typewriter definition

     A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper. (1 of 4 typewriter definitions)
2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

   • Keyboard definition

     A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc. (1 of 3 keyboard definitions)
3. To determine the blood type of.

   The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.

   • Blood Type definition

     A classification of blood that is based on the presence or absence of antigens in the red blood cells of an individual. For the purposes of blood transfusion three antigens referred to as "A", "B" and "RhD" (out of a total of 29) are the most important. Based on their presence the human blood can be classified to A, AB, B, and O blood types which are further divided to Rh positive or negative.
4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 2024748, (please specify the page number, or |part=prologue, I to VII, or conclusion):

     Let us type them now in our own lives.

   • Represent definition

     To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. (1 of 13 represent definitions)

   • Typify definition

     To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. (1 of 3 typify definitions)
6. To categorize into types.
   • 1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 1:

     It was a full load, a disparate group that he had already typed and cross-matched with their potential for future crime.

   • Categorize definition

     To assign a category; to divide into classes.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Esperanto: tajpi

Translations

References

• type at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pyet

Dutch type definition

Etymology

From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ty‧pe

Noun

type n (plural types or typen, diminutive typetje n)

1. type: a class, someone or something from a class. The diminutive is used when made into a caricature.

   • Type definition

     A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. (1 of 15 type definitions)

Derived terms

• woningtype

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tipe

Verb

type

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of typen

   • Singular definition

     Being only one of a larger population. (1 of 10 singular definitions)

   • Present Tense definition

     A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.

   • Subjunctive Mood definition

     Mood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.

   • Typen definition

     to type

French type definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tip/

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Noun

type m (plural types)

1. type; sort, kind

   • Sort definition

     A general type. (1 of 12 sort definitions)

   • Kind definition

     A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. (1 of 8 kind definitions)
2. (colloquial) guy, bloke, man

   • Guy definition

     An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November). (1 of 7 guy definitions)

   • Bloke definition

     An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype. (1 of 5 bloke definitions)

   • Man definition

     An adult male human. (1 of 21 man definitions)
3. (typography) typeface

   • Typography definition

     The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting. (1 of 3 typography definitions)

   • Typeface definition

     The particular design of some type, font, or a font family. (1 of 2 typeface definitions)

Descendants

• → Polish: typ
• → Romanian: tip

Adjective

type (plural types)

1. typical, normal, classic

   • Normal definition

     According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern. (1 of 20 normal definitions)

   • Classic definition

     Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. (1 of 5 classic definitions)
2. (statistics) standard

   • Statistics definition

     A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.

   • Standard definition

     Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc. (1 of 7 standard definitions)

Further reading

• “type” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin type definition

Noun

type

1. vocative singular of typus

   • Typus definition

     archaic form of typ.

Norwegian Bokmål type definition

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Noun

type m (definite singular typen, indefinite plural typer, definite plural typene)

1. a type (kind, sort)
2. typeface
3. (slang) a male person, a boy or man

   • Boy definition

     A young male. (1 of 14 boy definitions)
4. (slang) someone's boyfriend

   Typen til Anne.

   Anne's boyfriend.

   • Boyfriend definition

     A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. (1 of 2 boyfriend definitions)

References

• “type” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk type definition

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Noun

type m (definite singular typen, indefinite plural typar, definite plural typane)

1. a type (kind, sort)

References

• “type” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.