type

noun

  1. 1

    a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper

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

  2. 2

    a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

    what type of sculpture do you prefer?

  3. 3

    all of the tokens of the same symbol

    the word `element' contains five different types of character

  4. 4

    printed characters

    small type is hard to read

  5. 5

    (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

  6. 6

    a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

    a real character

    a strange character

verb

  1. 1

    identify as belonging to a certain type

    Such people can practically be typed

  2. 2

    write by means of a keyboard with types

    type the acceptance letter, please

Synonyms

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