English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "type"

type

Từ điển Collocation

type noun

¹ kind/sort

ADJ. distinct, well-defined | broad Two broad types of approach can be identified. | basic, common, conventional, standard, traditional | alternative | main, major, principal | diverse | extreme | personality, physical | hair, skin | blood, cell, tissue | product | habitat, rock, soil, vegetation

VERB + TYPE identify | revert to The boss came back from holiday all relaxed and smiling, but now he's reverting to type.

PREP. in ~ The recession is similar in type to that of ten years ago. | of a ~ a country inn of a type that has all but vanished | ~ of There are various types of daffodil(s).

PHRASES of its type This exercise is the hardest of its type. | a range/variety of types

² person

ADJ. artistic, careful, City (= a person who works in finance in the City of London), creative, entrepreneurial, literary, old-fashioned The bar was crowded with City types in suits. He was the old-fashioned type, well-mannered and always in a suit and tie.

PHRASES true to type True to type, Adam turned up an hour late. | (not) your type She's not really my type?she's a bit too serious.

³ printed letters

ADJ. bold, heavy | italic | roman

VERB + TYPE print sth in, set sth in Key paragraphs of the report are set in italic type.

PREP. in … ~ The important words are in bold type.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

  what type of sculpture do you prefer?

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); character, eccentric, case

  a real character

  a strange character

  a friendly eccentric

  the capable type

  a mental case

• (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
• printed characters

  small type is hard to read

• 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

• all of the tokens of the same symbol

  the word `element' contains five different types of character

v.

• write by means of a keyboard with types; typewrite

  type the acceptance letter, please

• identify as belonging to a certain type; typecast

  Such people can practically be typed

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. In programming, the nature of a variable—for example, integer, real number, text character, or floating-point number. Data types in programs are declared by the programmer and determine the range of values a variable can take as well as the operations that can be performed on it. See also data type. 2. In printing, the characters that make up printed text, the design of a set of characters (typeface), or, more loosely, the complete set of characters in a given size and style (font). See also font, typeface.vb. To enter information by means of the keyboard.

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Bloomberg Financial Glossary

The classification of an option contract as either a put or a call.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

types|typed|typing
syn.: brand character class genus group ilk kind make nature sort species variety