type
blood type (blood types)
[N-COUNT]
Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.type in
or type into
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P n, V P n (not pron), V n P
If you type information into a computer or type it in, you press keys on the keyboard so that the computer stores or processes the information.
Officials type each passport number into a computer...
You have to type in commands, such as `help' and `print'...
You type things in, and it responds.
= key intype out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
The two of us stood by while two typists typed out the whole document again...
I read it down the phone to a man called Dave, who typed it out.
= typetype up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you type up a text that has been written by hand, you produce a typed copy of it.
They didn't get around to typing up the letter...
When the first draft was completed, Nichols typed it up.♦♦ type1 /t'aɪp/ (type types) SORT OR KIND
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common.
There are various types of the disease...
In 1990, 25% of households were of this type.
= sort, kind
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group.
Have you done this type of work before?...
Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high...
I am a very determined type of person.
= sort, kind
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
If you refer to a person as a particular type, you mean that they have that particular appearance, character, or way of behaving.
It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning...
= sort
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive. (INFORMAL)
At first I thought he was rather ordinary looking, a little chubby, not my type...
5
see also blood type♦♦ type2 /t'aɪp/ (type types typing typed) WRITING AND PRINTING
1 [VERB] V n, V, V-ed
If you type something, you use a typewriter or word processor to write it.
I can type your essays for you...
I had never really learnt to type properly...
The letter consists of six closely typed pages.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Type is printed text as it appears in a book or newspaper, or the small pieces of metal that are used to create this.
The correction had already been set in type.
3
see also typing
[N-COUNT]
Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.type in
or type into
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P n, V P n (not pron), V n P
If you type information into a computer or type it in, you press keys on the keyboard so that the computer stores or processes the information.
Officials type each passport number into a computer...
You have to type in commands, such as `help' and `print'...
You type things in, and it responds.
= key intype out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
The two of us stood by while two typists typed out the whole document again...
I read it down the phone to a man called Dave, who typed it out.
= typetype up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you type up a text that has been written by hand, you produce a typed copy of it.
They didn't get around to typing up the letter...
When the first draft was completed, Nichols typed it up.♦♦ type1 /t'aɪp/ (type types) SORT OR KIND
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common.
There are various types of the disease...
In 1990, 25% of households were of this type.
= sort, kind
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group.
Have you done this type of work before?...
Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high...
I am a very determined type of person.
= sort, kind
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
If you refer to a person as a particular type, you mean that they have that particular appearance, character, or way of behaving.
It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning...
= sort
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive. (INFORMAL)
At first I thought he was rather ordinary looking, a little chubby, not my type...
5
see also blood type♦♦ type2 /t'aɪp/ (type types typing typed) WRITING AND PRINTING
1 [VERB] V n, V, V-ed
If you type something, you use a typewriter or word processor to write it.
I can type your essays for you...
I had never really learnt to type properly...
The letter consists of six closely typed pages.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Type is printed text as it appears in a book or newspaper, or the small pieces of metal that are used to create this.
The correction had already been set in type.
3
see also typing