1. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class. 2. The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class. 3. A person or thing having the features of a group or class. 4. An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment: “He was the perfect type of a military dandy” (Joyce Cary). 5. A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group: a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types.6. A figure, representation, or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that foreshadows another in the New Testament. 7a. A taxonomic group, especially a genus or species, chosen as the representative example in characterizing the larger taxonomic group to which it belongs. b. See holotype. 8.Printinga. A small block of metal or wood bearing a raised letter or character on the upper end that leaves a printed impression when inked and pressed on paper. b. Such pieces considered as a group. c. Printed or typewritten characters; print. d. A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface: a sans-serif type.9. A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin.
VERB:
Inflected forms: typed, typ·ing, types
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To write (something) with a typewriter; typewrite. 2. To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample). 3. To typecast. 4. To represent or typify. 5. To prefigure.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To write with a typewriter; typewrite.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, symbol, from Late Latin typus, type, from Latin, image, from Greek tupos, impression.
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