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type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
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antitype an opposite or contrasting type
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kind,
sort,
variety,
form a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
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breed a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"
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nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
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edition,
variant,
version,
variation the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
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type - 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" |
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block a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
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kern the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body
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quad,
space a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
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type - printed characters; "small type is hard to read" |
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grapheme,
graphic symbol,
character (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
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type family a complete set of type suitable for printing text
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typeface,
font,
fount,
face,
case a specific size and style of type within a type family
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type - (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon |
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taxon,
taxonomic category,
taxonomic group animal or plant group having natural relations
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biological science,
biology the science that studies living organisms
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type - all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character" |
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symbol something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
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type - write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please" |
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typewrite |
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write communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
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shift move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
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backspace hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"
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double-space type with a full space between lines
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triple-space type with two empty spaces between lines
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touch-type type without looking at the keyboard
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type - identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" |
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identify consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
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