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01
a class or group of people or things that have common characteristics or share particular qualities
Examples
As a teacher, it 's essential to understand the learning preferences of different types of students.
Environmentalists study the impact of pollution on different types of ecosystems.
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
Examples
She typed her essay on her laptop.
He typed a quick email response on his smartphone while waiting for the train.
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.
The producer seemed to type him as a hero, even though he wanted to try other roles.
Lexical Tree
antitype
autotype
monotype
type
