Definition of "type" []

• A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class. (noun)
• The general character or structure held in common by a number of people or things considered as a group or class. (noun)
• A person or thing having the features of a group or class. (noun)
• An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment: "He was the perfect type of a military dandy” ( Joyce Cary). (noun)
• A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group: a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Langibout is _le type pur de l'ancienne école_; Madame Gervaisais, too, is _un exemple et un type_ of the intellectual _bourgeoise_ of"
• "And when I post things on here, I'm always thinking 'will that sit right with everyone else, cause they're AS, so they would probably like something like this ... * type type type*' as apposed to 'this is me, I hope you like who I am, shame if you don't'."
• "Converts a text string into an enumerated text of the type specified by _type. and if you're Dynamics Ax is configured in English, this code will work fine."