type

Noun

• a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
  • he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up
    

• all of the tokens of the same symbol
  • the word `element' contains five different types of character
    

• printed characters
  • small type is hard to read
    

• (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
  • a real character
    
  • a strange character
    
  • a friendly eccentric
    
  • the capable type
    
  • a mental case
    

• a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
  • what type of sculpture do you prefer?
    

Verb

• identify as belonging to a certain type
  • Such people can practically be typed
    

• write by means of a keyboard with types
  • type the acceptance letter, please
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  character , eccentric , case , typecast , typewrite