type

type1 [ taıp ] noun ***

1. ) count a group of people or things with similar qualities or features that make them different from other groups: KIND, SORT:

type of: What type of dog have you got?

I won't tolerate this type of behavior from my students.

all types of someone/something: We provide advice to all types of businesses.

a local builder who does all types of building work

of this type: It's a good price for a bike of this type.

2. ) uncount letters printed in a book, magazine, or newspaper, or typed using a keyboard:

Use bold type for the title.

The book is produced in large type and on thick paper.

3. ) count someone with particular interests or qualities:

All her friends are really arty types.

Sam isn't the romantic type.

be someone's type

to be someone with the particular qualities that you find attractive:

Joe's OK but he's not really my type.

type

type 2 [ taıp ] verb *

1. ) intransitive or transitive to write something using a keyboard:

I didn't know you could type.

He can type 40 words a minute.

She handed me a typed letter from her employer.

2. ) transitive TECHNICAL to find out what group a person or thing belongs to, especially by means of medical or scientific tests:

This test helps in typing the organism that causes the disease.

`type ,in phrasal verb transitive

to type information on a keyboard so that it is recorded by a computer and appears on its screen:

Type in the name of the program, then press Return.

`type ,into phrasal verb transitive

type something into something to type information on a keyboard so that it is recorded by a computer and appears on its screen:

Piper watched as he typed instructions into the computer.

,type `out phrasal verb transitive

to write all of something using a keyboard:

I'll have to type the whole letter out again!

,type `up phrasal verb transitive

to type something that someone has written using a pen or pencil:

I need to type up my report.