What is the meaning of Type?

A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

  1. Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
  2. Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

    Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.

    Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

    Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.

    Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.

    A blood group.

    A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.

    An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

    A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.

    The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, 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 part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)

    A symbol, emblem, or example of something.

    To put text on paper using a typewriter.

    To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

    To determine the blood type of.

    To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

    To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

    To categorize into types.

    Very, extremely.

    type: a class, someone or something from a class. The diminutive is used when made into a caricature

    singular present subjunctive of typen

    type; sort, kind

    guy, bloke, man

    typeface

    typical, normal, classic

    standard

    vocative singular of typus

    a type (kind, sort)

    typeface

    a male person, a boy or man

    someone's boyfriend

    a type (kind, sort)

    Source: wiktionary.org