Dictionary entry details
• TYPE (noun)
Meaning:
A subdivision of a particular kind of thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
what type of sculpture do you prefer?
Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type"):
nature (a particular type of thing)
edition; variant; variation; version (something a little different from others of the same type)
Antonym:
antitype (an opposite or contrasting type)
Meaning:
A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
type; eccentric; character; case
Context examples:
a real character / a strange character / a friendly eccentric / the capable type / a mental case
Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Meaning:
(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Meaning:
Printed characters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
small type is hard to read
Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):
character; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type"):
face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
type family (a complete set of type suitable for printing text)
Meaning:
A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up
Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):
block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type"):
kern (the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body)
quad; space ((printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words)
Meaning:
All of the tokens of the same symbol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the word 'element' contains five different types of character
Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):
symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)
• TYPE (verb)
Meaning:
Write by means of a keyboard with types
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
type; typewrite
Context example:
type the acceptance letter, please
Hypernyms (to "type" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "type"):
shift (use a shift key on a keyboard)
backspace (hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard)
double-space (type with a full space between lines)
triple-space (type with two empty spaces between lines)
touch-type (type without looking at the keyboard)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Identify as belonging to a certain type
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
type; typecast
Context example:
Such people can practically be typed
Hypernyms (to "type" is one way to...):
identify (consider to be equal or the same)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
