type
1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing (Freq. 136)
- what type of sculpture do you prefer?
• Ant:
antitype
• Derivationally related forms:
typify
• Hypernyms:
kind, sort, form, variety
• Hyponyms:
breed, nature, version, variant, variation, edition
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (Freq. 7)
- a real character
- a strange character
- a friendly eccentric
- the capable type
- a mental case
• Syn:
character, eccentric, case
• Derivationally related forms:
typic, typify
• Hypernyms:
adult, grownup
3. (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
• Derivationally related forms:
typify
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
4. printed characters
- small type is hard to read
• Hypernyms:
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
• Hyponyms:
type family, font, fount, typeface, face, case
5. all of the tokens of the same symbol
- the word 'element' contains five different types of character
• Hypernyms:
symbol
6. 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
• Hypernyms:
block
• Hyponyms:
kern, quad, space
1. write by means of a keyboard with types (Freq. 2)
- type the acceptance letter, please
• Syn:
typewrite
• Derivationally related forms:
typewriter (for: typewrite), typewriting (for: typewrite), typist, typing
• Hypernyms:
write
• Hyponyms:
shift, backspace, double-space, triple-space, touch-type
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. identify as belonging to a certain type (Freq. 1)
- Such people can practically be typed
• Syn:
typecast
• Hypernyms:
identify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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