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TYPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper

Example:

he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type"):

kern (the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body)

quad; space ((printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences)

Derivation:

type (write by means of a keyboard with types)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A subdivision of a particular kind of thing

Example:

what type of sculpture do you prefer?

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type"):

breed (a special type)

nature (a particular type of thing)

edition; variant; variation; version (something a little different from others of the same type)

Antonym:

antitype (an opposite or contrasting type)

Derivation:

type (identify as belonging to a certain type)

typify (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

All of the tokens of the same symbol

Example:

the word 'element' contains five different types of character

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Printed characters

Example:

small type is hard to read

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type"):

type family (a complete set of type suitable for printing text)

case; face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)

Derivation:

type (write by means of a keyboard with types)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

typify (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

Example:

a mental case

Synonyms:

case; character; eccentric; type

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("type" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Derivation:

type (identify as belonging to a certain type)

typic (being or serving as an illustration of a type)

typify (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identify as belonging to a certain type

Example:

Such people can practically be typed

Synonyms:

type; typecast

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "type" is one way to...):

identify (consider to be equal or the same)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)

type (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write by means of a keyboard with types

Example:

type the acceptance letter, please

Synonyms:

type; typewrite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "type" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "type"):

shift (use a shift key on a keyboard)

backspace (hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard)

double-space (type with a full space between lines)

triple-space (type with two empty spaces between lines)

touch-type (type without looking at the keyboard)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

type (a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper)

type (printed characters)

typing (writing done with a typewriter)

typist (someone paid to operate a typewriter)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The cells also started to release significance amounts of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), a type of substance that damages cellular structures when produced in high quantities.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

This type of pediatric medication—developed through nanoparticles—is unprecedented in history.

(New HIV medicine under development for children in Brazil, Agência Brasil/EBC)

A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy.

(A33, NCI Dictionary)

It is a type of antiangiogenesis agent and a type of antimetastatic agent.

(A6, NCI Dictionary)

Human AATF wild-type allele is located within 17q11.2-q12 and is approximately 108 kb in length.

(AATF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MEIS1 wild-type allele is located within 2p14-p13 and is approximately 137 kb in length.

(MEIS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human A2M wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 12p13.31 and is approximately 49 kb in length.

(A2M wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

These signaling proteins include type II protein kinase A, serine/threonine kinase protein kinase N, protein phosphatase 1, protein phosphatase 2a, protein kinase C-epsilon and phosphodiesterase 4D3.

(A Kinase Anchor Protein 9, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

But now we know that real changes in body type or behaviors can happen really fast.

(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)

A type of bacteria involved in gum disease could play a role in the development of Alzheimer's, according to a new research.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)