type

type · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) A category of people or things having common characteristics.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something.

  3. 3.

    (noun) Printed letters or characters.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To write using a keyboard.

  5. 5.

    (noun, biology) A specimen serving as the basis for a species description.

Forms

plural: types

Related words

See also: category, kind, sort
Synonyms: category, kind, sort, variety

Etymology

From Latin "typus" meaning "figure, image, form, kind," from Greek "typos" (blow, impression, stamp, figure, original form), from "typtein" (to strike, beat). The sense of a category or kind developed from the idea of a representative form or pattern.