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Noun type has 6 senses
- type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
--1 is a kind of kind, sort, form, variety
Antonyms: antitype
--1 has particulars: nature; version, variant, variation, edition
- character, eccentric, type, case - a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
--2 is a kind of adult, grownup
- type - (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
--3 is a kind of taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
- type - printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
--4 is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol
--4 has particulars: type family; font, fount, typeface, face
- type - a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"
--5 is a kind of block
--5 has particulars: quad, space
- type - all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"
--6 is a kind of symbol
Verb type has 2 senses
- type, typewrite - write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
--1 is one way to write
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- type, typecast - identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"
--2 is one way to identify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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