Type Meaning
/taɪp/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
nounAn individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
Sentence Examples
This is not my type.
Who buys this type of art?
He is not exactly the shy and retiring type.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse carefully recorded the patient's blood ____ on the chart to ensure a safe transfusion.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to ____ a long report for my manager before the end of the day, so I will be very busy today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 26, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:
"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:
"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:
"...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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse carefully recorded the patient's blood ____ on the chart to ensure a safe transfusion.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I need to ____ a long report for my manager before the end of the day, so I will be very busy today.