type


Definition: Meaning of, type in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʌɪp /

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type types
  1. [countable] one member of a group of people or things that have similar features or qualities
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  2. [singular] a person who has, or seems to have, a particular character
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  3. be somebody's type especially spoken to be the kind of person someone is sexually attracted to
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  4. [uncountable] printed letters
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  5. [uncountable and countable] a small block with a raised letter on it that is used to print with, or a set of these
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
type typed typed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
typing types
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to write something using a computer or a TYPEWRITER
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  2. [transitive] technical to find out what group something such as blood, cells, or a disease belong to
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type used in phrases

  • Alpine type of glacier (noun)
    1. a glacier that moves down from a high valley
  • Piedmont type of glacier (noun)
    1. a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
  • Rh-negative blood type (noun)
    1. Rh antigen the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor
  • Rh-positive blood type (noun)
    1. Rh antigen approximately 85% of people the blood group whose red cells have the Rh factor
  • asthenic type (noun)
    1. slender, weak, and lightweight
  • athletic type (noun)
    1. muscular and big-boned
  • blood type (noun)
    1. especially American English one of the classes into which human blood can be separated, including A, B, AB, and O [=  blood group British English]
  • body type (noun)
    1. a category of physique
  • catatonic type schizophrenia (noun)
    1. a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement
  • disorganised type schizophrenia (noun)
    1. a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behaviour; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
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type used in phrasal verbs

  • type in (phrasal verb)
    1. to type information on a keyboard so that it is recorded by a computer and appears on its screen
  • type into (phrasal verb)
    1. type something into something to type information on a keyboard so that it is recorded by a computer and appears on its screen
  • type out (phrasal verb)
    1. to write the whole of something using a keyboard
  • type up (phrasal verb)
    1. to type something that someone has written with a pen or pencil
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