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type noun 1 a class or group of people, animals or things which share similar characteristics; a kind or variety. 2 the general character, nature or form of a particular class or group. 3 colloq a person, especially of a specified kind • the silent type • He's not really my type. 4 a person, animal or thing that is a characteristic example of its group or class. 5 printing a a small metal block with a raised letter or character on one surface that is used for printing; b a set of such blocks; c a set of such blocks that give printing of a specified kind • italic type. 6 printed letters, characters, words, etc • a leaflet with bold red type. 7 biol in taxonomy: a the group whose essential characteristics serve to define the next highest grouping and which normally gives the family its name; b as adj • type genus; c (in full type specimen) the actual specimen or individual that the description of a new species or genus is based on and from which the species usually takes its name. 8 a figure or device on either side of a coin. 9 Christian theol a person, object or event in the Old Testament that in some way prefigures or symbolizes someone or something that is revealed in the New Testament. verb (typed, typing) 1 (sometimes typewrite) tr & intr to write (words, text, etc) using a typewriter or word processor. 2 to be a characteristic example or type of something; to typify. 3 medicine, biol to allocate to a type; to classify • typed the blood sample for cross-matching.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Greek typos a blow or impression.