type
- noun
- /taɪp/
- The school offers various types of extracurricular activities for students.
- personality type
- different types
- Type 2 diabetes
So, yeah, not really my type, but he's cool.
- So, yeah, not really my type, but he's cool.
- So I had that type of work to do.
- So EMDR is a, is a type of therapy.
- And that's because of two types of concerns.
- Who wants or needs this type of robot?
- You know, they are not the same type of human being ever.
- This is the type of snow that you eat.
- Yeah, there have been get all types of people for sure.
- It is such a specific type of conversation.
Examples
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For other areas of practice, there are certain types of competencies that professionals need to have.
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Most people who go to college have some type of end goal.
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Think of these as sort of ideal types, he says.
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And the question is, what type is this bar going to be?
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Are there any differences between these two types of needs in the current year?
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So can you give me a couple types of writing samples?
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Who wants or needs this type of robot?
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Column B is more specific about the type of leaving event than the first column.
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Community members were specific about the different types of support they received from the CBHNs.
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Finally, personalization depends on the type of objects a user is looking for.
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Synonyms
A type of thing or person that has similar features
A group of things or people that have the same features
A type of thing that has similar features
A kind of thing that has a particular shared feature
A group of things that share common features
Antonyms
Compounds
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A blood group whose red cells have no A or B markers, so they can donate to anyone
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A category that shows what kind of information a place in a program can hold, for example numbers or text
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A long-term condition that makes blood sugar too high, often in adults and treated with diet and pills
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A blood group whose red blood cells carry both A and B markers and whose plasma lacks antibodies against them
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A long-term condition in which the body makes little or no insulin and people must take insulin injections
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Upright letters used for normal printed text in books, not slanted like italics
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A set of related fonts like regular, bold, and italic that match each other
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An animal or plant kept as the original example for naming a new species
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A large bell-shaped oven that heats steel strips to remove hardening and make them softer
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A furnace that covers steel strips with a bell-shaped hood to make them softer
- Archaic
Long times when someone cannot move or speak, sometimes followed by short restless periods
- Archaic
A severe mental illness with confused thinking, strange speech, and childish behavior that often starts in the teenage years
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A device with a float that rests on collected rain to measure how much falls
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A tool that measures rain using a float on the top of the collected water
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A semiconductor that conducts electricity mainly with extra electrons from added atoms
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A material that conducts electricity mainly by positive holes rather than electrons
Pliers with angled jaws you adjust to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipe fittings
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A blood group in which red blood cells do not have the Rh factor
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A blood group whose red blood cells have the Rh factor, common in most people
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A type of schizophrenia where people wrongly believe others will harm them or a partner is cheating while appearing normal
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A delayed reaction caused by the body's immune cells that appears hours after contact with something you are sensitive to
- Archaic
A mix of three metals like lead and tin that printers use to make letters for printing
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A group of related data types that lets code choose a type based on input
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A very fast body reaction to something you are sensitive to, causing hives, itching, or very bad swelling
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Type meaning a category comes from Greek typos 'model' or 'pattern', and you can see the same root in words like typical and prototype. So a 'type' is a model that shows the common features of a group.