type: meaning and definitions

A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class.

The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class.

A person or thing having the features of a group or class.

An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment: "He was the perfect type of a military dandy” ( Joyce Cary).

A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group: a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types.

A figure, representation, or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that foreshadows another in the New Testament.

A taxonomic group, especially a genus or species, chosen as the representative example in characterizing the larger taxonomic group to which it belongs.

See holotype.

Printing A small block of metal or wood bearing a raised letter or character on the upper end that leaves a printed impression when inked and pressed on paper.

Printing Such pieces considered as a group.

Printing Printed or typewritten characters; print.

Printing A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface: a sans-serif type.

A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin.

To write (something) with a typewriter; typewrite.

To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample).

To typecast.

To represent or typify.

To prefigure.

To write with a typewriter; typewrite.