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{
"term": "type",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a class or group of people or things that share particular qualities or features and are part of a larger group; a kind or sort",
"sensetop": "type of somethingof this/its type",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a rare blood type"
},
{
"text": "Bungalows are a type of house.",
"contextForm": "type of something"
},
{
"text": "**What type of** car do you drive?"
},
{
"text": "There are three main types of contract(s)."
},
{
"text": "I think the same **type of thing** could happen here."
},
{
"text": "I am not the **type of person** who gives up easily."
},
{
"text": "He grew up listening to **different types** of music."
},
{
"text": "She mixes with **all types of** people."
},
{
"text": "She mixes with people of all types."
},
{
"text": "I love **this type of** book."
},
{
"text": "I love these types of books."
},
{
"text": "I love these type of books."
},
{
"text": "What do you charge for this type of work?"
},
{
"text": "What do you charge for work of this type?",
"contextForm": "of this/its type"
},
{
"text": "It is the first car of its type to have this design feature."
},
{
"text": "the ideal type of helmet for caving"
},
{
"text": "Two broad types of approach can be identified."
},
{
"text": "This is a new formula for all skin types."
},
{
"text": "This exercise is the hardest of its type."
},
{
"text": "a country inn of a type that has all but vanished"
},
{
"text": "The recession is similar in type to that of ten years ago."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["distinct", "distinctive", "specific"],
"verb + type": ["distinguish", "identify", "recognize"],
"preposition": ["in type", "of a type", "type of"],
"phrases": ["of its type", "a range of types", "a variety of types"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person of a particular character, with particular features, etc.",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's the artistic type."
},
{
"text": "He's not the type to be unfaithful."
},
{
"text": "She's **not my type** *(= not the kind of person I am usually attracted to)*."
},
{
"text": "The boss came back from holiday all relaxed and smiling, but now she's **reverting to type** *(= returning to her usual behaviour)*."
},
{
"text": "**True to type** *(= As he usually does)*, Adam turned up an hour late."
},
{
"text": "He was the old-fashioned type, well-mannered and always in a suit and tie."
},
{
"text": "I am definitely not the marrying type."
},
{
"text": "The bar was crowded with City types in suits."
},
{
"text": "West Coast media types"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["adventurous", "athletic", "sporty"],
"phrases": ["true to type", "(not) your type"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having the qualities or features of the group, person or thing mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a police-type badge"
},
{
"text": "a continental-type cafe"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "letters that are printed or typed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The type was too small for me to read."
},
{
"text": "The important words are in bold type."
},
{
"text": "Key paragraphs of the report are set in italic type."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bold", "boldface", "italic"],
"verb + type": ["print something in", "set something in", "use"],
"preposition": ["in… type"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/taɪp/",
"audio": "ty/type/type__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/taɪp/",
"audio": "ty/type/type__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘symbol, emblem’): from French, or from Latin typus, from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’. The use in printing dates from the early 18th cent.; the general sense ‘category with common characteristics’ arose in the mid 19th cent."
}