Meaning of tips | Babel Free

Definitions

1. type (a model having some defining characteristics; an object with certain characteristic features, properties)
   declension-1, masculine
2. type (a category, group, model etc. created by generalizing or idealizing certain features or characteristics)
   declension-1, masculine
3. type (highest category in animal systematics)
   declension-1, masculine
4. type (a group of people with certain characteristics; an individual belonging to this group)
   declension-1, masculine
5. type (artistic image which depicts the most characteristic features of a certain human group)
   declension-1, masculine
6. type, guy, bloke (a man whose appearance or behavior arouses suspicion, a negative attitude)
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“automobiļa, lidmašīnu tips”

automobile, aircraft type

“pilsētas tipa apmetne”

urban type settlement

“tipa projekts”

type project (engineering project intended for multiple use)

“augsnes tips”

soil type

“antropoloģiskais tips”

anthropological type

“laikapstākļu tips”

weather (lit. weather conditions) type

“meža augšanas apstākļu tips”

forest site (lit. forest growth conditions) type

“augstākās nervu darbības tips”

higher nervous activity type

“tips ir augstākā kategorija dzīvnieku klasifikācija”

the type is the highest category of animal classification

“aktieris nepavisam nebija varoņa mīlētāja tips”

the actor was far from the heroic lover type

“starp šālaika Baltijas muižniekiem ir sastopami vairāki tipi; viens no visinteresantākajiem starp tiem ir tā sauktais īstais jeb veclaiku barons”

among the Baltic nobility of the time there are many types; one of the most interesting among them is the so-called real or old-time baron

“tipus idividualizējot, karikatūrisks visai lakoniski atklāj pašu nozīmīgāko un nepieciešamāko to sociālās piederības raksturojumā”

(by) individualizing types, the cartoonist very concisely reveals the most important and indispensable in the characterization of social classes

“šaubīgs, bīstams tips”

a fishy, dangerous type, guy

“no otras puses tuvojas melnmatains tips ar ūsiņam, tērpies džinsa biksēs un melnā džemperī”

from the other side came a black-haired type, guy with a mustache, wearing jeans and a black sweater

CEFR level