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English noun: type | |||
| 1. | type (cognition) a subdivision of a particular kind of thing | ||
| Samples | What type of sculpture do you prefer?. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, kind, sort, variety | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breed, edition, nature, variant, variation, version | ||
| Antonyms | antitype | ||
| 2. | type (person) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | ||
| Samples | A real character. A strange character. A friendly eccentric. The capable type. A mental case. | ||
| Synonyms | case, character, eccentric | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
| 3. | type (group) (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| 4. | type (communication) printed characters | ||
| Samples | Small type is hard to read. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | case, face, font, fount, type family, typeface | ||
| 5. | type (communication) all of the tokens of the same symbol | ||
| Samples | The word `element' contains five different types of character. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | symbol | ||
| 6. | type (artifact) a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper | ||
| Samples | He dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | kern, quad, space | ||
English verb: type | |||
| 1. | type (communication) write by means of a keyboard with types | ||
| Samples | Type the acceptance letter, please. | ||
| Synonyms | typewrite | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | write | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backspace, double-space, shift, touch-type, triple-space | ||
| 2. | type (cognition) identify as belonging to a certain type | ||
| Samples | Such people can practically be typed. | ||
| Synonyms | typecast | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | identify | ||
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