Type | Mean of type in English Dictionary

/ˈtaɪp/

• Noun
• a particular kind or group of things or people
1. What type [=sort] of food do you like?
2. We were not prepared to face this type of crisis.
3. We studied various types of trees.
4. a seedless type of orange
5. Allergies of this type [=kind] are common.
6. He only likes two types of music.
7. She likes all types of books.
• a particular kind of person
1. She's a real outdoors type. [=she loves hiking, camping, etc., in the outdoors]
2. The dinner guests were mostly urban types. [=people who lived in the city]
3. He's not her type. [=he is not the kind of man she is attracted to]
4. Her mother is not the type to complain. [=she does not often complain]
• printed letters
1. italic type

• small metal blocks that are used for printing letters and numbers on paper
1. lead type
• Verb
• to write with a computer keyboard or typewriter
1. How fast can you type?
2. I never learned how to type.
3. Type your name here.
4. She asked her secretary to type a memo.
5. Can you type this up for me?
• to find out what group something is in
1. The lab will type this blood sample. [=the lab will determine what type of blood the sample is]