see|Type
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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-type.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪp|-aɪp

Etymology
:From L. typus, from Gr. ���ο� typos "dent, impression, mark, figure, original form", from root of ����ειν typtein "to strike, beat".

Noun
en-noun

1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
2. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
3. A block of metal or wood having a raised letter or character on its surface used for printing; also, a set of such blocks.
4. biology. An individual considered representative of members of its taxonomic group: the type of a genus, family, etc.
5. theology: an event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly Old Testament events linked to Christian times.
6. comptheory A tag attached to variables and values used in determining what values may be assigned to what variables.

Related terms
Sense (1)
*blood type
*typology

Sense (3)
*movable type
*typesetter
*typewriter

Sense (5)
*antitype
*archetype
*typology

Synonyms
class (1)
genre (1)
kind (1)
sort (1)

Translations
trans-top|a grouping based on shared characteristics;
French: #French|type m, genre m
German: Art f (1), Typ m
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Kurdish: KUchar|ج�ر, KUchar|����ع
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trans-top|an individual that represents the ideal for its class;
German: Typ m
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trans-top|a block of metal or wood having a raised letter or character on its surface
French: caractère m
German: Letter f (3), Type f (3);
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trans-top|biology
German: Typus m
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trans-top|theology
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trans-top|computing theory
German: Typ m, Typus m
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Translations to be checked
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Greek: ���ο� (typos) m, είδο� (eidos) m
Japanese: ��� (taipu)
Spanish: tipo

Verb
en-verb|typ|ing

1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
3. To determine the blood type.

#:The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.

Related terms
typing
typist
typo

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|طبع unicode|(�ába�a)
Chinese: �� (d�zì)
Dutch: typen
Finnish: kirjoittaa koneella
French: dactylographier, pianoter, taper
German: schreiben, tippen
Greek: ⁽¹⁾ δακÏ�Ï�λογÏ�αÏ�Ï� (daktilografo), ⁽²⁾ Ï�ληκÏ�Ï�ολογÏ� (pliktrologo), ⁽³⁾ Ï�Ï�Ï�ολογÏ� (tipologo), ομαδοÏ�οιÏ� (omadopio)
Hungarian: gépelni, legépelni
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Italian: dattilografare
Japanese: ������ (������, táipu de útsu)
Korean: ���� (tajahada)
Portuguese: datilografar
Russian: пи�а�� на ма�инке (pisát� na mašínke)
Spanish: escribir a máquina, mecanografiar
Swedish: maskinskriva

Dutch

Noun
type (plural typen)

1. #English|type

Derived terms
woningtype

Category:Dutch nouns

French

Etymology
From L. typus, from Gr. typos.

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #English|type

Category:Semantics

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