Meaning

15 senses
  1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

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

    Art, Typ

    типtip, видvid, родrod

    типtyp, видvyd, рідrid

  2. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

  3. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

    Typ, Typus

    представи́тельpredstavítelʹ, обра́зчикobrázčik, представи́тельpredstavítelʹ

  4. A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

    (uncountable)Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.

  5. (uncountable)Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

    The headline was set in bold type.

  6. Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.

  7. 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.

  8. A blood group.

  9. A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.

  10. An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

  11. A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations.

    Typ, Typus

    типtip

    типtyp

  12. 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.

Examples

1289 sentences
  1. I can type 50 words a minute.

    Я можу друкувати зі швидкістю п'ятдесят слів на хвилину.

    ruЯ могу печатать по 50 слов в минуту.

    deIch kann 50 Wörter pro Minute tippen.

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  2. Mary is my type of woman.

    Мері — мій тип жінки.

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  3. Mary is my type of girl.

    Мері — мій тип дівчини.

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  4. We have the same blood type.

    У нас однакова група крові.

    ruУ нас одинаковая группа крови.

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  5. This is a new type of car.

    Це новий тип машин.

    ruЭто новый тип автомобиля.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
grouping based on shared characteristics:
Русский
By meaning 3
printing block letter/character:
grouping based on shared characteristics:
individual that represents the ideal for its class:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
printing block letter/character:
grouping based on shared characteristics:
biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group:

Origin

From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek

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

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Forms

plural: types
Singulartype

uncountable

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

219 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • type of person
  • the type of
  • blood type
  • is the type
  • this type of
  • blood type is
  • type of thing
  • what type of
  • type is o
  • wasn't his type
  • favorite type of
  • my blood type

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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