type

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of people or things that share certain features; a kind or sort.

   What type of music do you like?

2. 2
   verb

   To write something using a keyboard.

   Please type the letter and print two copies.

3. 3
   noun

   Printed or typed letters and characters.

   Small type is hard to read in dim light.

From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).

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