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The correct spelling is types.
How to pronounce types
/taɪps/
nounIPA: /taɪps/
Say it like: Typ-es
The correct spelling is types. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. For example: "This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane."
Usage Examples
“This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.”
“He was exactly her type.”
“The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
- 2.An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
- 3.An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
- 4.A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
- 5.Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
verb
- 1.To put text on paper using a typewriter.
- 2.To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
- 3.To determine the blood type of.
- 4.To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
- 5.To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
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