There are two basic sorts of types: first, a group of similar things — and in biology, specifically, "an organism with the essential characteristics of its group."

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There are three main types of contract (s). I think the same type of thing could happen here. I am not the type of person who gives up easily. He grew up listening to different types of music. She mixes with all types of people. She mixes with people of all types. I love this type of book. I love these types of books. (informal) I love these ...

They categorize variables into four types: cabinet attributes, country attributes, attributes of the party system and controls.

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File type TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. Type (Unix), a command in POSIX shells that gives information about commands. Type safety, the extent to which a programming language discourages or prevents type errors. Type system, defines a programming language's response to data types.

The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.

Informal Terms a person, regarded as reflecting or typifying a certain line of work, environment, etc.: a couple of civil service types. a thing or person that represents perfectly or in the best way a class or category;