1. type - noun
· a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
Hypernym(s): kind, sort, form, variety
Antonym(s): antitype
2. type - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): character, eccentric, case
3. type - noun
· (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
Hypernym(s): taxonomic_group, taxonomic_category, taxon
4. type - noun
· printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
Hypernym(s): character, graph, grapheme, graphic_symbol
5. type - noun
· all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"
Hypernym(s): symbol
6. type - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): block
7. type - verb
· write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
Synonym(s): typewrite
Hypernym(s): write
8. type - verb
· identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"
Synonym(s): typecast
Hypernym(s): identify
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