HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of type | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
taɪp

Definitions

  1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
  2. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
  3. To write with a typewriter or computer keyboard.
  4. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
  5. A person to whom one should be sexually attracted or romantically inclined: With her interest in art, she should be just your type.
  6. A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
    uncountable
  7. Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
    uncountable
  8. a combining form representing type (prototype), esp. in names of printing processes: ferrotype; monotype.
    prototype
  9. Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
    uncountable
  10. a kind, sort; variety. What type of house would you prefer to live in?; They are marketing a new type of washing powder. tipe, soort نَوْع، طِراز، نموذَج вид tipo typ, druh die Art slags; type τύπος, είδοςtipo tüüp نوع؛ تیپ tyyppi type, sorteסוג प्रकार tip, vrsta jelleg, típus jenis tegund, gerð tipo 型 종류, 형태 rūšis, pobūdis, tipas tips; veids; modelis jenis soorttypetyp ډول ، ټیپ tipo tip, fel, gen тип; сорт; разновидность druh, typ vrsta tip typ, art, slag, sort รูปแบบ çeşit, tip 類型 тип, рід...
  11. Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
  12. to write (something) using a typewriter. Can you type?; I'm typing a letter. tik يَطْبَع على الآلَةِ الكاتِبَه набирам datilografar psát na stroji tippen maskinskrive δαχτυλογραφώ mecanografiar, escribir a máquina kirjutusmasinal kirjutama تایپ کردن kirjoittaa näppäimistöllä/kirjoituskoneella dactylographier לְהַדפִּיס टाइप करना, टंकण करना tipkati (le)gépel mengetik vélrita dattilografare タイプする 타자기로 치다 (pa)rašyti mašinėle rakstīt ar rakstāmmašīnu menaip typenskrive på maskin, taste inn pisać ...
  13. Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
  14. writing produced by a typewriter. fifty pages of typing. tikwerk طِباعَه набиране на печатна машина datilografia strojopis die Maschinenschrift maskinskrivning δαχτυλογραφημένο κείμενο mecanografía trükitekst متن ماشین شده teksti dactylographieהדפסה टंकण tipkani tekst (író)gépelés, gépírás ketikan vélritun dattilografia タイプで打ったもの 타자된 것 mašinraštis mašīnraksts taipan getypte kopij maskinskrevne arkmaszynopis ټایپ شوی متن datilografia dactilo­gra­fiere машинописный текст strojopis tipkano besed...
  15. A blood group.
  16. a person whose job is to type. She works as a typist; She is a typist in a publishing firm. intikker, tikster كاتِب على الآلَةِ الكاتِبَه машинописец datilógrafo písař, -ka der/die Maschinenschreiber(in) maskinskriver δαχτυλογράφος mecanógrafo masinakirjutaja تایپیست konekirjoittaja dactyloמדפיס टाइप करने वाला, टंकण करने वाला tipkač, daktilograf gépíró(nő) jurutik vélritari dattilografo タイピスト 타자수 mašininkė mašīnrakstītāja jurutaip typistemaskinskriver, sekretærmaszynistka ټایپیست datilografo ...
  17. A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
  18. a machine with keys for printing letters on a piece of paper. a portable / an electric typewriter. tikmasjien آلة كاتِبَه печатна машина máquina de escrever / datilógrafo psací stroj die Schreibmaschine skrivemaskine γραφομηχανήmáquina de escribir kirjutusmasin ماشین تحریر kirjoituskone machine à écrire מְכוֹנַת כְּתִיבָה टंकण मशीन pisači stroj írógép mesin tik ritvél macchina da scrivere タイプライター 타자기 rašomoji mašinėlė rakstāmmašīna mesin taip schrijfmachineskrivemaskinmaszyna do pisania د تحر...
  19. An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
  20. tipo, género, clase, modelo o ejemplar distintivo.
  21. A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
  22. A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class: That type of car was popular in the 1970s. See Synonyms at kind.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.)
  26. A symbol, emblem, or example of something.

Equivalents

Afrikaans soort tipe
العربية النوع طبع طراز نمط نوع
Azərbaycanca nov
Беларуская від род тып
Български вид тип
বাংলা প্রকার
Bosanski mena soj taste tip tur vrsta вид род тип
Cymraeg math teipio
Esperanto tajpi tipo
Eesti liik
Euskara mota
فارسی تایپ تیپ جوره گونه نوع
Gaeilge clóscríobh
Gàidhlig clò-sgrìobh gnè seòrsa taidhp
Galego tipo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻano
עברית הקליד סוג
हिन्दी क़िस्म तरह
Hrvatski mena soj taste tip tur vrsta вид род тип
Հայերեն տեսակ տիպ տպել
Bahasa Indonesia mengetik
Íslenska gerð kyn sort tág tegund týpa
ქართული კრეფს ტიპი
Қазақша түр
Latina genus
ລາວ ຊະນິດ
Latviešu tips veids
Македонски вид тип
Монгол зүйл төрөл
मराठी प्रकार
Bahasa Melayu jenis
မြန်မာဘာသာ မျိုး
Nederlands inkloppen intikken tikken type typen
Polski autorament rodzaj typ wpisywać
Română fel gen
Slovenščina tip vrsta
Shqip lloj shtyp soj tip
Српски mena soj taste tip tur vrsta вид род тип
Tagalog uri
Türkçe tip tür tuşlamak
ئۇيغۇرچە تۈر
Українська вид рід тип
اردو قسم
Oʻzbekcha nav
Tiếng Việt đánh chữ đánh máy go kiệu loại

Examples

“This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.”
“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.”
“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.”
“"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."”
“Altogether he was the type of low ruffianism — as ill-conditioned a looking brute as ever ginned a hare.”
“The headline was set in bold type.”
“...thus Stearn has designated Linnaeus as the type specimen of Homo sapiens”
“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.”
“We can't get along: he's just not my type.”
“He was exactly her type.”
“The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.”
“Logics of the second and higher orders may be regarded as type-theoretic systems.”
“Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
See all A2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See type used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free