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  1. noun A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class.
  2. noun The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class.
  3. noun A person or thing having the features of a group or class.
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  • Another type was the town belle that would work on Levi for a free ride -- he would usually get rid of them by telling them that he came from a long line of horse traders - if she had anything to trade they could make a deal. —  Sun Bloggers
  • "I know that investigations of this type are a high priority with our district, with our department of Human Resources, so I'm sure they'll take care of it just as quickly as they can," said Icard.
  • The timestamp data type is a unique data type in SQL Server. —  SQLServerCentral.com Articles
  • Between 100 and 300 taxis of this type will be available at downtown centers like Gwanghwamun, as well as at Incheon International Airport.
  • This would effectively give us compile-time validation of the type itself without using reflection, providing the type was already known to the compiler. —  The Code Project Latest Articles
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form ·  system ·  example ·  feature ·  size ·  product

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type:   typing ·  types ·  typed
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  1. Middle English, symbol, from Late Latin typus, type, from Latin, image, from Greek tupos, impression.

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  1. from French type = Spanish tipo = Portuguese typo, tipo = Italian tipo = Dutch type, typus = German typus = Swedish typ = Danish type, from Latin typus, a figure, image (on a wall), in medicine the form, type, or character of a fever, Middle Latin (also tipus) access of fever, fever, a figure, prototype, etc., from Greek τύπος, a blow, an impress, a mark, also something wrought of metal or stone, a figure, general form or character, the original type or model of a thing, type or form of disease, Middle Greek a decree, etc.; from τύπτειν, τυπεῑν (√ τυπ), strike; cf. Gr, στυφελίζειν, strike, smite; Latin tundere (√ tud, √ *stud), strike, = German stossen, strike: see stot. From the same Greek source are ult. English tympan, tympanum, etc.
  2. from type, n.
 

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