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type
English
Etymology
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek ????? (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from ????? (túpt?, “I strike, beat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Noun
type (plural types)
- A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
- An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
- An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
- 1872, Mary Rose Godfrey, Loyal, volume 3, page 116:
- Altogether he was the type of low ruffianism — as ill-conditioned a looking brute as ever ginned a hare.
- 1872, Mary Rose Godfrey, Loyal, volume 3, page 116:
- (printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
- (uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
- (chiefly uncountable) Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
- The headline was set in bold type.
- (taxonomy) Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
- Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
- (medicine) A blood group.
- (corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
- (theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
- (computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
- (fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
- (chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
- The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.
- (mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
- 2011, V.N. Grishin (originator), "Types, theory of", in Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Types,_theory_of&oldid=14150
- Logics of the second and higher orders may be regarded as type-theoretic systems.
- 2011, V.N. Grishin (originator), "Types, theory of", in Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Types,_theory_of&oldid=14150
Synonyms
- (grouping based on shared characteristics): category, class, genre, group, kind, nature, sort, stripe, tribe
- (computing theory): data type
- (printing): sort
- (mathematics): sort
- See also Thesaurus:class
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???
- ? Korean: ?? (taip)
Translations
Verb
type (third-person singular simple present types, present participle typing, simple past and past participle typed)
- To put text on paper using a typewriter.
- To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
- To determine the blood type of.
- To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
- To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
- Let us type them now in our own lives.
- To categorize into types.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Esperanto: tajpi
Translations
References
- type at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- pyet
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin typus, from Ancient Greek ????? (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from ????? (túpt?, “I strike, beat”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ty?pe
Noun
type n (plural types or typen, diminutive typetje n)
- type: a class, someone or something from a class. The diminutive is used when made into a caricature.
Derived terms
- woningtype
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: tipe
Verb
type
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of typen
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin typus, from Ancient Greek ????? (túpos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tip/
Noun
type m (plural types)
- type; sort, kind
- (colloquial) guy, bloke, man
- (typography) typeface
Descendants
- ? Polish: typ
- ? Romanian: tip
Adjective
type (plural types)
- typical, normal, classic
- (statistics) standard
Further reading
- “type” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
type
- vocative singular of typus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (túpos).
Noun
type m (definite singular typen, indefinite plural typer, definite plural typene)
- a type (kind, sort)
- typeface
- (slang) a male person, a boy or man
- (slang) someone's boyfriend
References
- “type” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (túpos).
Noun
type m (definite singular typen, indefinite plural typar, definite plural typane)
- a type (kind, sort)
References
- “type” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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rate
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?t, IPA(key): /?e?t/,
- Rhymes: -e?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin pr? rat? parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from r?r? (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).
Noun
rate (plural rates)
- (obsolete) The worth of something; value. [15th-19th centuries]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V.3:
- There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.
- His natural parts were not of the first rate, but he had greatly improved them by a learned education.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V.3:
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from the 15th century]
- Speed. [from the 17th century]
- The relative speed of change or progress. [from the 18th century]
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost. [from the 16th century]
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc. [from the 16th century]
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. [from the 17th century]
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- (obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
- (obsolete) Order; arrangement.
- (obsolete) Ratification; approval.
- c. 1610s, George Chapman, Caesar and Pompey
- Tis offerd, Sir, 'boue the rate of Caesar
In other men, but in what I approue
Beneath his merits: which I will not faile
T'enforce at full to Pompey, nor forget
In any time the gratitude of my seruice.
- Tis offerd, Sir, 'boue the rate of Caesar
- c. 1610s, George Chapman, Caesar and Pompey
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- rate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- She is rated fourth in the country.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- They rate his talents highly.
- 1661, Robert South, False Foundations Removed (sermon)
- To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- He rated this book brilliant.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 101:
- Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
- (transitive, chiefly Britain) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- The customers don't rate the new burgers.
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
- He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
Synonyms
- (have position in a certain class): rank
Derived terms
- rating
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hrat?n? (“to sway, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing”). Cognate with Swedish rata (“to reject, refuse, find fault, slight”), Norwegian rata (“to reject, cast aside”), Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”).
Verb
rate (third-person singular simple present rates, present participle rating, simple past and past participle rated)
- (transitive) To berate, scold.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
- Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.
- a. 1692, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance
- Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.
- 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman, ch.iv:
- He beheld him, his head still muffled in the veil [...] couching, like a rated hound, upon the threshold of the chapel; but apparently without venturing to cross it;[...]a man borne down and crushed to the earth by the burden of his inward feelings.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch.XV, Practical — Devotional
- The successful monk, on the morrow morning, hastens home to Ely [...]. The successful monk, arriving at Ely, is rated for a goose and an owl; is ordered back to say that Elmset was the place meant.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
Translations
Further reading
- rate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- 'eart, Ater, Reta, aret, arte-, tare, tear, tera-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?at/
Etymology 1
From Germanic, probably Dutch rate (literally “honeycomb”), as the cellular tissue of the spleen is said to resemble honeycomb, from Proto-Germanic *hr?t?-, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh?d-eh?-.
Noun
rate f (plural rates)
- spleen
Derived terms
- ne pas se fouler la rate
Etymology 2
rat +? -e
Noun
rate f (plural rates, masculine rat)
- female equivalent of rat; female rat
Derived terms
- se mettre la rate au court-bouillon
Verb
rate
- first-person singular present indicative of rater
- third-person singular present indicative of rater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- second-person singular imperative of rater
References
Anagrams
- âtre, tare, taré
Further reading
- “rate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?t?
Verb
rate
- inflection of raten:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- Rate mal, wer gerade gekommen ist! - Guess who's just arrived.
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I of raten
Interlingua
Noun
rate (plural rates)
- A raft.
Italian
Noun
rate f
- plural of rata
Anagrams
- arte, atre, erta, etra, tare, trae
Ladin
Verb
rate
- first-person singular present indicative of rater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rater
- third-person plural present subjunctive of rater
Latin
Adjective
rate
- vocative masculine singular of ratus
Noun
rate
- ablative singular of ratis
Makasar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rat?]
Adverb
rate (Lontara spelling ???)
- above
- Antonym: rawa
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
rate f (plural rates)
- (Jersey, anatomy) spleen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin (pro) rata
Noun
rate m (definite singular raten, indefinite plural rater, definite plural ratene)
- rate
- instalment (UK) or installment (US)
- månedlige rater - monthly instalments
Derived terms
- dødsrate
- fødselsrate
References
- “rate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin (pro) rata
Noun
rate m (definite singular raten, indefinite plural ratar, definite plural ratane)
- rate
- instalment (UK) or installment (US)
- månadlege ratar - monthly instalments
Derived terms
- dødsrate
- fødselsrate
References
- “rate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
rate (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- vocative singular of rat
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