<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.</li><li>a thing or person regarded as a member of a class or category; kind; sort (usually followed by of): This is some type of mushroom.</li><li>a person, regarded as reflecting or typifying a certain line of work, environment, etc.: a couple of civil service types.</li><li>a thing or person that represents perfectly or in the best way a class or category; model: the very type of a headmaster.</li><li>a genus or species that most nearly exemplifies the essential characteristics of a higher group.</li><li>the one or more specimens on which the description and naming of a species is based.</li><li>the inherited features of an animal or breed that are favorable for any given purpose: dairy type.</li><li>a strain, breed, or variety of animal, or a single animal, belonging to a specific kind.</li><li>the general form of a word, expression, symbol, or the like in contrast to its particular instances: Compare token.</li><li>the pattern or model from which something is made.</li><li>an image or figure produced by impressing or stamping, as the principal figure or device on either side of a coin or medal.</li><li>a distinctive or characteristic mark or sign.</li><li>a symbol of something in the future, as an Old Testament event serving as a prefiguration of a New Testament event.</li><li>blood group.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to write on a typewriter or keyboard; typewrite or keyboard.</li><li>to reproduce in type or in print.</li><li>to ascertain the type of (a blood or tissue sample).</li><li>to typecast.</li><li>to be a type or symbol of; typify; symbolize; represent.</li><li>to represent prophetically; foreshadow; prefigure.</li></ul>