type
part of speech
noun (type, types); verb (type, types, typed, typing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A type is a kind or sort of something: «a type of fruit». tree →
2) To type is to press keys to write on a computer, phone or typewriter. tree →
3) A blood type is the group your blood belongs to. tree →
4) «Not my type» means not the kind of person or thing I like. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: a kind used to sort and count (types of fruit, types of coins, types of triangles); typing words at a speed (words a minute). In science: types of rock, animals, materials; sorting and classifying. In everyday life: typing a message, a password. Phrases: «a type of», «all types of», «type in», «touch-typing».
examples
- There are 3 types of cake. tree →
- She types 40 words a minute. tree →
- How many types of animals are on the farm? tree →
- Each type costs a different price. tree →
- A spider is a type of arachnid, not an insect. tree →
- Type your name in the box. tree →
- Granite is a type of rock. tree →
- What type of music do you like? tree →
- He reduces the century of variants to three type forms. tree →
note
«A type of» + noun with no «a»: «a type of bird», not «a type of a bird». Maths: «types» are kinds, not items: 3 types of apples may be many apples. With «words a minute» typing is a rate. Trap: counting the types instead of the things. Safety: never type your password where others can see.
In the corpora
- Nobody typed the chatbot's answers in one by one; each answer is produced fresh when you ask.
- The answer is worked out on huge computers far away, in buildings called data centres; nobody is typing it.
- Even when a bot forgets, the company may still store what you typed.
- The bot only knows what you typed.
- What you type or upload may be stored by a company you have never met.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «type» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.