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Translation

type, kind, sort

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Word origin

From Greek typos ('a blow, an impression, a mould'), via Latin typus. What a mould stamps out is a type, and English type and typical come from exactly the same stamp.

Origin
Greek, via Latin
Root
typos
English cognates
type, typical

Examples

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What type of music do you like?

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You often see that type of house in our country.

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He is not the type of person who forgets quickly.

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This word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 11: tipo, funebro, kosmo and 7 more words.