TYPE

/taɪp/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 9

Definition

verb write by means of a keyboard with types. — synonyms: typewrite
verb identify as belonging to a certain type. — synonyms: typecast
noun a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.
noun a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). — synonyms: character, eccentric, case
noun (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon.
noun printed characters.
noun all of the tokens of the same symbol.
noun a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end.

“This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.”
“He was exactly her type.”
“The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.”