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type

/taɪp/
noun
  1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

    "This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane."

  2. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

  3. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

Synonymsdata type, category, class, genre, group, kind
verb
  1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.

  2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

  3. To determine the blood type of.

    "The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion."

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