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Type Words
Synonyms case, character, eccentric
Type of grownup, adult
Derivation typic, typify


the capable type.
Type Words
Synonyms typecast
Type of identify


Such people can practically be typed.
Type Words
Synonyms typewrite
Type of write
Has types double-space, backspace, shift, touch-type, triple-space
Derivation typing, typist


type the acceptance letter, please.
Type Words
Type of symbol


the word `element' contains five different types of character.
Type Words
Type of block
Has types quad, kern, space


he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up.
Type Words
Type of variety, kind, form, sort
Has types edition, breed, nature, version, variation, variant
Derivation typify


what type of sculpture do you prefer?.
Type Words
Type of taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group
Derivation typify
Type Words
Type of graph, grapheme, graphic symbol, character
Has types face, font, case, type family, typeface, fount


small type is hard to read.

Examples of type

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Gaffney said district trustees never expected any type of permit review process.
From the dailyherald.com
He's the type of kid you want to work with because he wants to improve his game.
From the stltoday.com
More theater-type entertainment to keep guests eating and spending at the hotel.
From the thenewstribune.com
A limo is for the guy who is exclusive to that type of service wherever he goes.
From the orlandosentinel.com
However, they have a type of coat that needs to be brushed and combed every day.
From the newsday.com
Anyone working with any type of dangerous animal knows the risk they are taking.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This type of search holds out hope of a cure, rather than simply extending life.
From the online.wsj.com
We're not representing Italians, we're not representing any type of nationality.
From the timesunion.com
As military dictators go, Musharraf is exactly the type for these liberal times.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
  • Write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
  • Character: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • Identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"
  • (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
  • Printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
  • In biology, a type is one particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. A type is an example which serves to anchor or centralize the defining features of that particular taxon. ...
  • In computer programming, a data type (or datatype) is a classification identifying one of various types of data, such as floating-point, integer, or Boolean, stating the possible values for that type, the operations that can be done on that type, and the way the values of that type are stored.
  • The word Type followed by a number is a common way to name a weapon or product in a production series, similar in meaning to "Mark". "Type" was used extensively by the Japanese military beginning in the 1920s, and is currently in use by the Chinese military. ...