Type (Noun)
Meaning 1
Printed characters; "small type is hard to read".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
All of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Meaning 3
A subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The artist's use of bronze marked a new type of sculpture in the contemporary art world.
- What type of tree is this with the distinctive leaf pattern?
- This species of orchid is a new type of plant in the botanical garden.
- The engineer designed a new type of bridge that could withstand extreme weather conditions.
- The historian identified a new type of ancient pottery that had not been seen before.
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Meaning 4
(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting people.