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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.

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

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

Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

(taxonomy) 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.

(medicine) A blood group.

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

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

(Q190087) (computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations. +

(fine arts) 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.

(chemistry) 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.

(mathematics) 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.)

(except in the above special senses) 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.

(extremely) (rare) Very, extremely. +