type
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,647 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,299 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a subdivision of a particular kind of thing what type of sculpture do you prefer?
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) also: character, eccentric, case a real charactera strange character
- (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
- printed characters small type is hard to read
- all of the tokens of the same symbol the word `element' contains five different types of character
- 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
verb
- write by means of a keyboard with types also: typewrite type the acceptance letter, please
- identify as belonging to a certain type also: typecast Such people can practically be typed
type in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mrs Drassilis was a representative of a type I disliked.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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His better mood was to be met with in his discussion of the players of Ellen Tree's type.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Type of the Love eternal, Repeat the Master's cry, As tossing through our darkness The lights of God draw nigh!
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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Type of the Love eternal, Repeat the Master’s cry, As tossing through our darkness The lights of God draw nigh!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1