Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - type
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a class of things or persons having common characteristics. b a kind or sort (would like a different type of car). 2 a person, thing, or event serving as an illustration, symbol, or characteristic specimen of another, or of a class. 3 (in comb.) made of, resembling, or functioning as (ceramic-type material; Cheddar-type cheese). 4 colloq. a person, esp. of a specified character (is rather a quiet type; is not really my type). 5 an object, conception, or work of art serving as a model for subsequent artists. 6 Printing a a piece of metal etc. with a raised letter or character on its upper surface for use in printing. b a kind or size of such pieces (printed in large type). c a set or supply of these (ran short of type). 7 a device on either side of a medal or coin. 8 Theol. a foreshadowing in the Old Testament of a person or event of the Christian dispensation. 9 Biol. an organism having or chosen as having the essential characteristics of its group and giving its name to the next highest group. --v. 1 tr. be a type or example of. 2 tr. & intr. write with a typewriter. 3 tr. esp. Biol. & Med. assign to a type; classify. 4 tr. = TYPECAST. Phrases and idioms in type Printing composed and ready for printing. type-founder a designer and maker of metal types. type-foundry a foundry where type is made. type-metal Printing an alloy of lead etc., used for casting printing-types. type site Archaeol. a site where objects regarded as defining the characteristics of a period etc. are found. type specimen Biol. the specimen used for naming and describing a new species. Derivatives typal adj. Etymology: ME f. F type or L typus f. Gk tupos impression, figure, type, f. tupto strike
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin typus, from Latin & Greek; Latin typus image, from Greek typos blow, impression, model, from typtein to strike, beat; akin to Sanskrit tupati he injures and probably to Latin stupēre to be benumbed Date: 15th century 1. a person or thing (as in the Old Testament) believed to foreshadow another (as in the New Testament), one having qualities of a higher category ; model, a lower taxonomic category selected as a standard of reference for a higher category, a distinctive mark or sign, 3. a. a rectangular block usually of metal bearing a relief character from which an inked print can be made, a collection of such blocks , alphanumeric characters for printing , ~face , printed letters, matter set in ~, 4. qualities common to a number of individuals that distinguish them as an identifiable class: as, the morphological, physiological, or ecological characters by which relationship between organisms may be recognized, the form common to all instances of a linguistic element, a typical and often superior specimen, a member of an indicated class or variety of people , a particular kind, class, or group , something distinguishable as a variety ; sort , Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (~d; typing) Date: 1596 transitive verb to represent beforehand as a ~ ; prefigure, 2. to produce a copy of, to represent in terms of typical characteristics ; typify, to produce (as a character or document) using a keyboard (as on a ~writer or computer), to identify as belonging to a ~: as, to determine the natural ~ of (as a blood sample), ~cast, intransitive verb to write something on a ~writer or enter data into a computer by way of a keyboard, ~able adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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