type
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
what type of sculpture do you prefer?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
write by means of a keyboard with types
type the acceptance letter, please
Types & categories
- write hypernym
- shift hyponym
- backspace hyponym
- double-space hyponym
- triple-space hyponym
- touch-type hyponym
Related & opposite
- type derivation
- typewriter derivation
- typing derivation
- type derivation
- typist derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
a real character
Types & categories
- adult hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
identify as belonging to a certain type
Such people can practically be typed
Types & categories
- identify hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
Types & categories
- taxonomic group hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
printed characters
small type is hard to read
Types & categories
- grapheme hypernym
- type family hyponym
- font hyponym
Related & opposite
- type derivation
Sense 7 noun
all of the tokens of the same symbol
the word `element' contains five different types of character
Types & categories
- symbol hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- type derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | antitype |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | typify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | version |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | typewriter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | typing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | typist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | write |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shift |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backspace |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double-space |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | triple-space |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch-type |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | typify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | typic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | identify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | typify |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | taxonomic group |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | grapheme |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | type family |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | font |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | symbol |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | type |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | block |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | kern |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | quad |