type
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A grouping based on shared characteristics.
Pronunciation
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typIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtaɪp
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
chiefly uncountable
Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
uncountable
Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
verb
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
To categorize into types.
To put text on paper using a typewriter.
To determine the blood type of.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
Used this way, type is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- character , a specialist term, precise but narrower
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
An allergic reaction that becomes apparent only hours after contact.
An alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type.
The blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens.
Architecture as a kind of art form.
A strip of type metal used for spacing.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
A specific size and style of type within a type family.
Set in type.
The receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers.
A printer that sets textual material in type.
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Antonyms
Sense: individual considered typical of its class
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