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Definitions of type
  1. noun
    a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
    "the capable type"

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  2. verb
    identify as belonging to a certain type
    "Such people can practically be typed"

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  3. verb
    write by means of a keyboard with types
    "type the acceptance letter, please"

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  4. noun
    all of the tokens of the same symbol
    "the word `element' contains five different types of character"
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  5. noun
    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"
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  6. noun
    a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
    "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
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  7. noun
    (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
  8. noun
    printed characters
    "small type is hard to read"
Definition that contains type
  • cancer type genus of the family Cancridae
  • argentina type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines
  • raja type genus of the family Rajidae
  • venus type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
  • otis type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
  • zeus type genus of the family Zeidae
  • maja type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
  • piper type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
  • silvia type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers
  • musa type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
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