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type

Definition for type

noun as in class, kind

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brand, breed, category, character, description, form, group, lot, nature, number, sample, sort, standard, strain, variety

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blazon, cast, classification, cut, feather, genre, ilk, likes, mold, order, persuasion, rubric, species, specimen, stamp, subdivision, way

noun as in example, model

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pattern, sample, standard

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archetype, epitome, essence, exemplar, original, paradigm, personification, prototype, quintessence, representative, specimen

noun as in printed characters

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emblem, face, figure, font, print, printing, sign, symbol

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verb as in classify

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arrange, categorize, class, peg, pigeonhole, sort, standardize, stereotype, tab, typecast

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button down, put away, put down as

verb as in hit keys on machine to print document

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copy, transcribe, write

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touch, touch-type, typewrite

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dash off, enter data, hunt-and-peck, teletype

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Example Sentences

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"He's not that type of character," Howe said.

From BBC

It needs to end up with one of each of the 23 types to prevent disease, but ends up with two of some and none of others.

From BBC

Experts say these do not appear to pose any bigger threat than previous types of Covid or make people feel more ill.

From BBC

Thus, with a flourish, Pynchon types fin to his secret 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times

It also found parents underestimated the types of harmful content their children were viewing and that there was support for stricter rules on phones in schools.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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