type

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
  2. noun a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
  3. noun (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

Etymology

From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).

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