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Meaning
Noun
●
A
grouping
based on
shared
characteristics
; a class.
●
An individual considered
typical
of its
class
, one
regarded
as
typifying
a certain
profession
, environment, etc.
●
An individual that
represents
the
ideal
for its
class
; an embodiment.
●
In Printing:
A
letter
or
character
used for
printing
,
historically
a
cast
or
engraved
block.
Such types
collectively
, or a set of type of one
font
or size.
Text
printed
with such type, or
imitating
its characteristics.
●
In Taxonomy:
Something, often a
specimen
,
selected
as an
objective
anchor
to
connect
a
scientific name
to a
taxon
; this
need not
be
representative
or typical.
●
Preferred
sort of
person;
sort of
person
that one
is
attracted
to.
●
In Medicine:
A blood group.
●
A
word
that
occurs
in a
text
or
corpus
irrespective of
how many
times
it
occurs
,
as opposed to
a token.
●
In Theology:
An
event
or person that
prefigures
or
foreshadows
a
later
event
-
commonly
an Old Testament
event
linked
to Christian times.
●
In Theory of computing & Computing:
A
tag
attached
to
variables
and
values
used in
determining
which
kinds
of value
can be used in which
situations
; a
data
type.
●
The
original
object
, or
class
of
objects
,
scene
,
face
, or
conception
, which becomes the
subject
of a
copy
; especially, the design
on the face of
a
medal
or a coin.
●
In Chemistry:
A
simple
compound
, used as a
mode
or
pattern
to which other
compound
s are
conveniently
regarded
as being related, and from which they may be
actually
or
theoretically
derived.
●
In Mathematics:
A part of the
partition
of the
object
domain
of a
logical
theory
(which due to the
existence
of such
partition
, would
be called
a
typed
theory
). (Note: this
corresponds
to the
notion
of "
data type
" in
computing
theory
.)
●
In Semantics:
A
symbol
,
emblem
, or
example
of something.
Verb
●
To
put
text
on paper
using a typewriter.
●
To
enter
text
or
commands
into a
computer
using a keyboard.
●
To
determine
the
blood type
of.
●
To
represent
by a type, model, or
symbol
beforehand; to prefigure.
●
In Semantics:
To
furnish
an
expression
or
copy
of; to
represent
; to typify.
●
To
categorize
into types.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
type
English
typus
Latin
τύπος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
τύπτω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Category
Class
Genre
Group
Kind
Nature
Sort
Stripe
Tribe
Make
Description
Adicity
Arity
Data Type
Related
Form
Method
Kinds
Combination
Element
Level
Write
Variety
Version
Mode
Pattern
Number
Format
Size
Amount
Variant
Forms
Piece
Part
Sign
Print
Component
Aspect
Color
Characteristic
Technique
Post
Input
Read
Concept
Model
Process
Shape
Feature
Insert
Source
Location
Edit
Definition
Condition
Factor
Load
Enter
Set
Upload
Scribble
Example
Choice
Search
Copy
Press
Kind Of
Copy And Paste
More
Rhymes
Ripe
Hype
Pipe
Type
Wipe
Gripe
Tripe
Skype
Snipe
Swipe
Stipe
Stripe
Retype
Unripe
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