Type is a multifaceted word. It is found both in everyday speech and in scientific articles. And all because he has not one but several meanings. We will make its definition the object of our study, and also consider synonyms and examples.
Dictionary is our friend
He gives us the following meanings:
- Certain objects that share common properties and characteristics.
- In zoology and botany it unites close classes.
- A person who is notable for certain personal or external qualities, for example: “disgusting type”, “funny type”, “that type”.
If everything is more or less clear with the third and second meanings, the first needs to be explained, because it is very abstract. For example, a type may mean certain types of equipment: cars, trucks.
Under the wing of the first significance, in our opinion, certain types of people and representatives of specific classes and professions also unite. Although some dictionaries give these meanings separately, we did not make 7 or more points. Anyway, what we are talking about, people or cars, the main thing is the commonality of features both external and internal, characteristic. For example, a worker, a poor man, a rich man are all abstract types of man. But images immediately emerge in the mind that are somehow connected with this abstraction. It is clear that type is quite complicated, so let's move on to its linguistic counterparts.
Synonyms
Despite the fact that the type is found in everyday speech, the word is, if embedded in it, remains incomprehensible. Therefore, a selection of words with which the “type” can be replaced is useful here. So, we get right to the point:
- discharge;
- class
- category;
- view;
- sample;
- image (literary, for example);
- modification;
- gender;
- variety;
- Group;
- breed;
- the form;
- model (cars, for example);
- subdivision.
Candidates for the proud title of “synonymous with the word type” are presented here. But this is only if you need to edit any scientific or technical text. We moved the substitutions to the third value into a separate group, because they are funny:
- tipchik;
- goose;
- subchik;
- bloody;
- little thing;
- goose cinquefoil.
A brief explanation of the phraseology "Goose cinquefoil"
It is clear that type is not easy at all, no matter what value we say. But in this case, one synonym needs special attention. There is a very persistent misconception among the people: “Goose cinquefoil” is the same as the bast shoe, i.e. fool. Although the phraseological sense is just the opposite. So they say about the dexterous businessman, the rogue. And the prototype for expression was not birds, but Count Vasily Saltykov. The aristocrat bred geese for sale and, if not to go into details, invented a rather ingenious way of transporting "goods" over long distances in its own right. Yes, yes, everything was so, a wonderful story. But if you retell it, the evening will cease to be languid, and the explanation will be short. That is why the "goose cinquefoil" fell into the unpleasant synonyms of the word "type". Although, in our opinion, from the point of view of commercial invention, the graph is well done, the dictionary tells us that this speech is used as a curse word. Well, let's not argue with tradition.
Is a real woman and a real man a perfect couple?
The transitions are masterpiece: a goose was a minute ago, now a pair has appeared on the horizon. This is because it is time to take a break from linguistic delights and talk about the types that are present in culture and are quite tenacious, even in our ever-changing world. Probably, the reader wants to have at his disposal also a definition of the word “type”, but based on the huge number of contextual meanings of the concept, he will have to cope with this task himself, depending on the language situation that has arisen before him.
We turn to the problem of ideality. There is such a famous phrase that the ideal man and ideal woman can never be together because the first does not offer twice, and the second does not immediately agree. Is it so? If you put aside the particulars, then the “ideal man” as a type is a model of a well-earning machine that works on affectionate and delicious food. Continuing the automotive metaphor, we say that the garage should also be kept in exemplary cleanliness.
At the same time, such a man does everything so that the woman does not need anything, that is, he disappears at work, and she waits for him at home with a ready dinner. For the rest, the lady is left to herself, for she does not need to work. What is an “ideal woman” as a type? This is an interesting question. Its main function is to ensure that the “well-earned car” is in excellent condition, so the house should be comfortable, the food should be tasty, and the woman herself should be beautiful.
It turns out that in fact a real man and a real woman is an ideal couple. True, they may not reach the wedding due to their own attitudes, but these are trifles. Of course, the types are clumsy and archaic, but still quite tenacious, at least in Russian society. Many people still think that is the ideal marriage. Let the reader decide for himself - this is not our business, but we simply disclosed the meaning of the word “type”.