From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).
Yeah, the fat bitch is type-slow. 2012, Jason Hooper, Some Things Are Better Left Untold, West Conshohocken, P.A.: Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
I don't think Brooklyn slang is that different from Manhattan slang. But I'm not used to a lot of the slang my friends use. Months ago, I first heard, "There are mad heads here." I was like, "Where did that come from?" For a while they were saying, "That's type funny." I was like: "What? What do you mean by that?" It means "very funny." Or they were like, "That's dumb stupid." I'm like, "That's redundant." 2007 September 16, Alex Mindlin, quoting David Helene, “'Our Year Is the Most Competitive Year in the History of College Applications. Or Something Like That.'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2023:
I'm ngl you're type ugly too 2023 December 19, @chillimnotacop, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023:
Standing before me was a grown ass woman. She was type thick, with nice size succulent breasts, and a nice plumped ass. Cadence was stacked. 2017, Treasure Malian, In Love With the King of Miami, Atlanta, G.A.: Royalty Publishing House, →ISBN, page 17:
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).
Meanings
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade. 2012 March 14, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:
This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
Look, with these gals that want to buy it, most of them are older, dignified. Social Register types, you know what I mean? They can't be trotting down to Times Square to pick out the merchandise. They got to have some kind of, uh, middleman. 1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), United Artists:
"I just peeked out toward the restaurant and there are a lot of Navy types in there. I'd hate for you to get in trouble on your last night in Europe." 2002, Pat Conroy, The Great Santini, page 4:
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
Altogether he was the type of low ruffianism — as ill-conditioned a looking brute as ever ginned a hare. 1872, Mary Rose Godfrey, Loyal, volume 3, page 116:
(uncountable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block. ▸ Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
(uncountable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block. ▸ Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
The headline was set in bold type.
Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
Musca domestica is the type-species of Musca, a genus originally created by Linnaeus for a variety of higher Diptera, many of which are now known to be in other families. 2015 December 16, “What's in a fly?”, in Natural History Museum:
...thus Stearn has designated Linnaeus as the type specimen of Homo sapiens 2009 March 20, Greg Mayer, “Who is the type specimen of Homo sapiens?”, in Why Evolution Is True:
Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
We can't get along: he's just not my type.
He was exactly her type.
A blood group.
(qualifier:corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations.
(qualifier:fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.
A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types.
Logics of the second and higher orders may be regarded as type-theoretic systems. 2011, V.N. Grishin (originator), "Types, theory of", in Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Types,_theory_of&oldid=14150
(qualifier:obsolete except in the above special senses) A symbol, emblem, or example of something.
data type · group (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sort · hue (grouping based on shared characteristics) · tribe (grouping based on shared characteristics) · nature (grouping based on shared characteristics) · kind (grouping based on shared characteristics) · class (grouping based on shared characteristics) · stripe (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sort (grouping based on shared characteristics) · category (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sort (printing block letter/character) · type-word · genre (grouping based on shared characteristics)
Translations (269)
ko 타입 (preferred sort of person) · de Typ (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · ko 형 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi laji (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te ఉదాహరణము (theology: event or person that prefigures or foreshadows) · th ประเภท (grouping based on shared characteristics) · la genus (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ps زيل (grouping based on shared characteristics) · de Letter (printing block letter/character) · tg хел (grouping based on shared characteristics) · af tipe (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ckb جۆر (grouping based on shared characteristics) · uk вид (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru обра́зчик (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · ky түр (grouping based on shared characteristics) · hu fajta (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fa تیپ (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · sq tip (grouping based on shared characteristics) · es estofa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te మాదిరి (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · ar نَمَط (grouping based on shared characteristics) · da type (grouping based on shared characteristics) · kmr newh (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ka ტიპი (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cmn 活字 (printing block letter/character) · cmn 鉛字 /铅字 (printing block letter/character) · is tegund (grouping based on shared characteristics) · vi chữ in (printing block letter/character) · pt tipo (grouping based on shared characteristics) · kmr cure (grouping based on shared characteristics) · de Type (printing block letter/character) · pl typ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · om gosa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gd gnè (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · lo ຊະນິດ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fa گونه (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te అచ్చు అక్షరము (grouping based on shared characteristics) · tr tip (grouping based on shared characteristics) · el τύπος (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · my မျိုး (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fa نوع (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · de Typ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · es índole (grouping based on shared characteristics) · nl type (preferred sort of person) · uz nav (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ms cap (printing block letter/character) · ca tipus (grouping based on shared characteristics) · bg тип (individual considered typical of its class) · hu típus (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · ko 종류 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sh вр́ста (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sk typ (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · is gerð (grouping based on shared characteristics) · bg тип (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · hy լիտեր (printing block letter/character) · km ប្រភេទ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ota چشید (grouping based on shared characteristics) · uk тип (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · sh tȋp (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · hu eset (preferred sort of person) · lb Typ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · mk вид (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru род (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sk typ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · es tipo (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · uk рід (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sq lloj (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru вид (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sl tip (grouping based on shared characteristics) · it tipo (preferred sort of person) · kk тип (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sq soj (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fr type (grouping based on shared characteristics) · be від (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gl tipo (grouping based on shared characteristics) · th ชนิด (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sh rázred (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fr type (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · sv typ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · pl autorament (grouping based on shared characteristics) · hy տպատառ (printing block letter/character) · lt tipas (grouping based on shared characteristics) · vi kiểu (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ar طِرَاز (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sh tȋp (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ja 種類 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sl vŕsta (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gd gnè (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · it tipo (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · pl czcionka (printing block letter/character) · ja 好み (preferred sort of person) · kmr cure (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · hy տիպ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te వర్గం (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · es arquetipo (individual considered typical of its class) · ru тип (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · fa تایپ (preferred sort of person) · sh ти̑п (grouping based on shared characteristics) · hi तरह (grouping based on shared characteristics) · tg навъ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ps نوع (grouping based on shared characteristics) · de Art (grouping based on shared characteristics) · haw ʻano (grouping based on shared characteristics) · uz xil (grouping based on shared characteristics) · es tipo (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · hu típus (grouping based on shared characteristics) · jv bangsa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ja 性格型 (preferred sort of person) · ka შრიფტი (printing block letter/character) · el τύπος (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ota جنس (grouping based on shared characteristics) · km ធឺ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru шрифт (printing block letter/character) · fr style (preferred sort of person) · hu típus (corpus linguistics: a word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs) · he סוּג (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi tyyppi (individual considered typical of its class) · tg гуна (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ur نوع (grouping based on shared characteristics) · hu osztály (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gd seòrsa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te రకము (grouping based on shared characteristics) · bg тип (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ko 타입 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · jv warna (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ca tipus (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · et liik (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te చిహ్నము (printing block letter/character) · ug تىپ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ko 형 (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · sh vŕsta (grouping based on shared characteristics) · af soort (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru представи́тель (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · ur قسم (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ja 類型 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · nb type (grouping based on shared characteristics) · it archetipo (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · nl type (grouping based on shared characteristics) · is týpa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ms jenis (grouping based on shared characteristics) · es rubro (grouping based on shared characteristics) · pt tipo (printing block letter/character) · el είδος (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · pl typ (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · cmn 種類 /种类 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ja タイプ (preferred sort of person) · izh sorttu (grouping based on shared characteristics) · el τύπος (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · ota صوی (grouping based on shared characteristics) · eu mota (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru тип (grouping based on shared characteristics) · el χαρακτήρες (printing block letter/character) · ota فن (grouping based on shared characteristics) · is kyn (grouping based on shared characteristics) · uz tur (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ro gen (grouping based on shared characteristics) · is sort (grouping based on shared characteristics) · az növ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te ఛాయ (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · es jaez (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cs typ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cy math (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ja 分類 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · it archetipo (individual considered typical of its class) · pl typ (preferred sort of person) · hi क़िस्म (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cs druh (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi kirjasinlaji (printing block letter/character) · it tipo (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te టైపు చేయు (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · ja タイプ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ru обра́зчик (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · sv förebild (theology: event or person that prefigures or foreshadows) · fi tyyppi (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · ja 型 (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · hu szóalak (corpus linguistics: a word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs) · be тып (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fa جوره (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · bg вид (grouping based on shared characteristics) · de Typus (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · pl rodzaj (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sh vŕsta (printing block letter/character) · de Typ (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · ota نوع (grouping based on shared characteristics) · yi טיפּ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ro fel (grouping based on shared characteristics) · km ធុន (grouping based on shared characteristics) · az liter (printing block letter/character) · vi loại (grouping based on shared characteristics) · lv tips (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · nn type (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ast tipu (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · kk түр (grouping based on shared characteristics) · yue 款 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cs typ (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · fi ruumiillistuma (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · fa نوع (grouping based on shared characteristics) · jv warni (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fr type (preferred sort of person) · de Typus (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · ca classe (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fr caractère (printing block letter/character) · lv litera (printing block letter/character) · uz tip (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi kirjasin (printing block letter/character) · be род (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi tyyppi (preferred sort of person) · tl uri (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gd seòrsa (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · izh tiippa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sh tȋp (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · ru ли́тера (printing block letter/character) · fi luokka (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gd clò (printing block letter/character) · jv rupa (grouping based on shared characteristics) · lv tips (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fr genre (preferred sort of person) · hu minta (grouping based on shared characteristics) · gd gnè (grouping based on shared characteristics) · es tipo (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · th รูปแบบ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sh ти̑п (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · ru представи́тель (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · lv burtstabiņš (printing block letter/character) · ug تۈر (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ota صنف (grouping based on shared characteristics) · pdt Sort (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ca mena (grouping based on shared characteristics) · tr tür (grouping based on shared characteristics) · apc ستيل (preferred sort of person) · ko 유형 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · lo ປະເພດ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · mn зүйл (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi tyyppiyksilö (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · fi edeltäjä (theology: event or person that prefigures or foreshadows) · oc tipe (grouping based on shared characteristics) · pt gênero (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ar نَوْع (grouping based on shared characteristics) · mn төрөл (grouping based on shared characteristics) · yue 種 /种 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · eo tipo (grouping based on shared characteristics) · pt tipo (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · sh вр́ста (printing block letter/character) · pt tipo (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · is tag (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · sh ти̑п (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · mk тип (grouping based on shared characteristics) · hu adattípus (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · vi kiểu (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · sh ра́зред (grouping based on shared characteristics) · fi tyyppi (grouping based on shared characteristics) · jv jinis (grouping based on shared characteristics) · hu archetípus (individual that represents the ideal for its class) · mr प्रकार (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cmn 種 /种 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · te లక్షణము (theology: event or person that prefigures or foreshadows) · fr genre (grouping based on shared characteristics) · pt espécie (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ky тип (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ckb نھوع (grouping based on shared characteristics) · cmn 類型 /类型 (grouping based on shared characteristics) · ko 이상형 (preferred sort of person) · lv veids (grouping based on shared characteristics) · lo ປະການ (grouping based on shared characteristics) · uk тип (grouping based on shared characteristics) · sl tip (computing theory: tag indicating data type) · bn প্রকার (grouping based on shared characteristics) · kmr cor (biology: individual representative of its taxonomic group) · hy տեսակ (grouping based on shared characteristics)
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).
Meanings
To put text on paper using a typewriter.
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
To determine the blood type of.
The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
Let us type them now in our own lives. 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
To categorize into types.
It was a full load, a disparate group that he had already typed and cross-matched with their potential for future crime. 1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 1:
ms mengetik (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · yue 打字 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fi naputtaa (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · yue 打 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fr taper (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · is pikka (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · da indtaste (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · nan-hbl 打字 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · eo tajpi (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · pt digitar (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · mi patopato (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ko 타자하다 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · nan-hbl 拍字 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · id mengetik (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · sq shtyp (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · el ομαδοποιώ (to determine blood group) · hu gépel (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · cy teipio (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · es identificar el tipo sanguíneo de (to determine blood group) · mi pato (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · de tippen (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · nl inkloppen (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · vi đánh máy (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · es taipear (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fa تایپ کردن (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fi näpyttää (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ru печа́тать (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · unm sësàphitehike (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ja タイプする (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · es tipiar (to determine blood group) · fr dactylographier (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · io mashin-skribar (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ru напеча́тать (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · nl typen (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · he הִקְלִיד (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ms taip (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fi määrittää veriryhmä (to determine blood group) · ms tekan (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ja 打鍵する (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fi näppäillä (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · kix hèu (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ga clóscríobh (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ar طَبَعَ (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · gd clò-sgrìobh (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · cmn 打字 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · bth naip (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · fi kirjoittaa (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · pt tipar (to determine blood group) · vi đánh chữ (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · it digitare (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · da taste (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ja 打つ (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · tr tuşlamak (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ms menaip (in Malaysia) (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · hu bepötyög (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · es taipiar (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · es teclear (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · nl intikken (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · es tipear (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · hy տպել (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · el πληκτρολογώ (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · pl wpisywać (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · vi gõ (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · th พิมพ์ (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ca teclejar (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · gd taidhp (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · hak 打字 (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard) · ms ketik (to enter characters into a computer using keyboard)