typetypetypestypedtyping2verb (types, typing, typed)to write something using a machine that has keys, such as a computer or a typewriter: Her secretary types all her letters. Can you type?typetypetypes1noun1(pluraltypes) a group of things that are the same in some waysame meaningkind, sort: An almond is a type of nut. What type of music do you like?2(no plural) the letters that a machine makes on paper: The type was so small I couldn't read it.