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Type
01
a class or group of people or things that have common characteristics or share particular qualities
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
types
Examples
As a teacher, it 's essential to understand the learning preferences of different types of students.
1.1
(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
1.2
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
02
all of the tokens of the same symbol
03
printed characters
to type
01
to write using a physical or digital keyboard
Intransitive
Transitive: to type a text
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
type
3rd person singular
types
Present participle
typing
Past simple
typed
Past participle
typed
Examples
She typed her essay on her laptop.
02
to categorize or assign someone to a specific role or type based on certain characteristics
Transitive: to type sb as a specific role
Examples
The casting director type the actor as the comedic sidekick in every movie.
Lexical Tree
antitype
autotype
monotype
type
