{
    "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."
}