type

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Noun

1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a [[class]].
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]].
4. {{senseid|en|printing block letter/character}} {{lb|en|printing|countable}} A [[letter]] or [[character]] used for [[printing]], historically a cast or engraved [[block]].
5. {{lb|en|taxonomy}} Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a [[taxon]]; this need not be representative or typical.
6. Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
7. {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[blood group]].
8. {{lb|en|corpus linguistics}} A word that occurs in a text or [[corpus]] irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a [[token]].
9. {{lb|en|theology}} An event or person that [[prefigure]]s or [[foreshadow]]s a later event - commonly an [[Old Testament]] event linked to [[Christian]] times.
10. {{senseid|en|Q190087}} {{lb|en|computing theory}} A [[tag]] attached to [[variable]]s and [[value]]s used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations.
11. {{lb|en|fine arts}} The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
12. {{lb|en|chemistry}} A simple [[compound]], used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically [[derive]]d.

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.
4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to [[prefigure]].
5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to [[represent]]; to [[typify]].
6. To [[categorize]] into types.

Adverb

1. {{senseid|en|extremely}} {{lb|en|AAVE|slang|rare}} [[very#Adverb|Very]], [[extremely#Adverb|extremely]].

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