type
— Noun
– English
~ a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
type
— Noun
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~ 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"
type family
— Noun
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~ a complete set of type suitable for printing text
type O
— Noun
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~ the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; "people with type O blood are universal donors"
type specimen
— Noun
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~ the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
type metal
— Noun
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~ an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type
type
— Noun
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~ printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
type I diabetes
— Noun
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~ severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
type genus
— Noun
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~ (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described
type B
— Noun
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~ the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
type IV allergic reaction
— Noun
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~ an allergic reaction that becomes apparent only hours after contact
type
— Noun
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~ (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
type AB
— Noun
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~ the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
type
— Noun
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~ all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"
type A
— Noun
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~ the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
type
— Noun
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~ 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"
type
— Verb
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~ write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
type
— Verb
– English
~ identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"