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type - 9 definitions

- noun
1. type -- a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
antonyms: antitype -- an opposite or contrasting type
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. 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"
synonyms: character, eccentric, case
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. type -- (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. type -- printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. type -- all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. type -- 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"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
7. type -- write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
synonyms: typewrite
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. type -- identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"
synonyms: typecast
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. type, typed -- to write with a typewriter
synonyms: typed, types, retype, typing, typable, typeable
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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antitype -- an opposite or contrasting type

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