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Definition of Type

Type The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. Form or character impressed; style; semblance. A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group. The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin. 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 derived. A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. Related Definitions: Accent, Actually, Also, An, And, Animal, Antitype, Any, Are, As, Be, Beforehand, Being, Body, By, Cast, Certain, Character, Characteristic, Class, Coin, Collectively, Combining, Come, Common, Compound, Conception, Conveniently, Copy, Correlative, Cut, Derived, Design, Disposed, Division, Emblem, Essential, Exemplifying, Expression, Face, Figure, Form, From, Furnish, General, Genus, Group, Having, Hence, However, Ideal, Impressed, Impression, In, Letter, Maintained, Mark, Mass, May, Medal, Metal, Mode, Model, Number, Object, Of, On, Or, Original, Other, Pattern, Plant, Possessing, Prefigure, Printing, Qualities, Quantity, Raised, Regarded, Related, Represent, Representation, Representative, Scene, Semblance, Sign, Simple, Something, Species, Spoken, Stamp, Structure, Style, Subject, Such, Symbol, That, The, Them, They, To, Token, Type, Typical, Typify, Used, Which, Whole, Within, Wood

Type Quotations I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician. Sun Ra The problem with interest rates are that you are not modeling a single number, you are modeling a whole term structure, so it is a sort of different type of problem. John Hull But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them. Hugh Shelton A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Benjamin Disraeli The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. Bertrand Russell

Type Translations type in Afrikaans is tipe, blokletter type in Danish is maskinskrive type in Dutch is drukletter type in Finnish is tyyppi type in German is Art {f}, Typ {m}, eintippen, Typ type in Italian is fare, scommettere, tipo, sorta, vergare type in Norwegian is skrive type in Portuguese is tipo

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