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Sounds | tay'p |
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Rhymes | archetype, bagpipe, genotype, and 19 more rhymes in ayp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A subdivision of a particular kind of thing. |
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Examples | "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
Narrower | nature; version, variant, variation, edition |
Broader | kind, sort, form, variety |
Contrary | antitype |
Verbs | typify; type |
Meaning | A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). |
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Examples | "the capable type" |
Synonyms | character, eccentric, case |
Broader | adult, grownup |
Verbs | typify; type |
Meaning | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon. |
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Category | biology, biological science |
Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon |
Verbs | typify |
Meaning | Printed characters. |
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Examples | "small type is hard to read" |
Narrower | type family; font, fount, typeface, face |
Broader | character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
Verbs | type |
Meaning | A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end. Produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper. |
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Examples | "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up" |
Narrower | quad, space |
Broader | block |
Verbs | type |
Meaning | All of the tokens of the same symbol. |
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Examples | "the word `element' contains five different types of character" |
Broader | symbol |
Meaning | Write by means of a keyboard with types. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "type the acceptance letter, please" |
Synonyms | typewrite |
Narrower | shift; backspace; double-space; triple-space; touch-type |
Broader | write |
Nouns | typing; typist; type; type |
Meaning | Identify as belonging to a certain type. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Such people can practically be typed" |
Synonyms | typecast |
Broader | identify |
Nouns | type; type |