n.
- a category of people or things having common characteristics.
▸
informal a person of a specified character or nature:
two sporty types in tracksuits.
▸Linguistics an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit. Contrasted with token.
- a person or thing symbolizing or exemplifying the defining characteristics of something.
- printed characters or letters.
▸a piece of metal with a raised letter or character on its upper surface, for use in letterpress printing.
▸such pieces collectively.
- a design on either side of a medal or coin.
- Theology a foreshadowing in the Old Testament of a person or event of the Christian dispensation.
v.
- write using a typewriter or computer.
- Medicine determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs.
Phrase
- in type
composed and ready for printing.
Derivative
Etymology
C15: from Fr., or from L. typus, from Gk tupos ‘impression, figure, type’.