Typify

Definition: Typify

Typify

Verb

1. Be typical of.

2. Be characteristic of: "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "typify" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Note: Typify \Typ"i*fy\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Typified; Typifying.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Typify

Indication

Represent, stand for; typify; (prefigure); symbolize.

Prediction

Presage, augur, bode; abode, forebode; foretoken, betoken; prefigure, preshow; portend; foreshow, foreshadow; shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to.

Crosswords: Typify

Fort Myer, Virginia. Alert and ready for action are these rough-riding, hardboiled members of a jeep crew at Fort Myer, Virginia. Properly equipped with new type helmet and Garand rifles, these soldiers of Uncle Sam's armoured forces typify the ruggedness. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Arabic 

‏مثل (act, adage, aphorism, appear, as, be a symbol for, be typical of, byword, case, depict, describe, example, exemplify, gnome, illustrate, illustration, instance, like, like this, maxim, perform, play, play act, portray, proverb, represent, saying, sculpt, show, stand before, stand for, such, such as, symbolize), ‏صور (characterize, depict, describe, film, paint, photo, pic, picture, portray, shoot, snap, take), ‏جسد الخصائص, ‏رمز (allegory, attribute, character, code, denote, designate, emblem, ensign, figure, icon, image, indication, sign, stand for, symbol, symbolize, telltale, token, type). (various references)

Bulgarian 

символизирам (emblem, emblematize, personify, represent, symbolize, type), характеризирам (characterize, describe, display, feature, stamp), типичен съм за (emblem), типизирам (type), означавам (amount, bespeak, betoken, connotate, denote, imply, import, indicate, intend, involve, mean, purport, represent, signify, spell), представям (deliver, depicture, deputize, exhibit, image, impersonate, introduce, offer, perform, present, project, put in, recommend, represent, show, stage), изобразявам (depict, depicture, design, embody, feature, figure, image, limn, picture, represent). (various references)

Chinese 

代表 (Behalf, Delegate, Epitomize, Epitomized, Epitomizing, rep, represent, Re-present, representative, represented, Typified, Typifying). (various references)

Czech

ztìlesòovat (embody, epitomize, impersonate), zobrazit (depict, display, portray), znázornit (symbolize), sloužit za vzor. (various references)

Farsi 

نمونه دادن , نمونه بودن , نماینده نوعی ازگیاه یاجانوربودن , بانمونه مشخص کردن . (various references)

French

typifier, caractériser, avoir le type même de, être typique. (various references)

German

charakterisieren (characterize, define, qualify). (various references)

Greek 

συμβολίζω (represent, symbolize), χαρακτηρίζω (characterise, characterize, describe, feature, qualify), απεικονίζω (depict, portray). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאפין (characterize, distinguish, feature), לסמל (signify, symbolize). (various references)

Hungarian

jellemez (characterize, to characterize, to feature, to mark, to typify). (various references)

Italian

impersonare (embody, epitomise, epitomize, impersonate, personate, personify, symbolyze), caratterizzare (characterise, characterize, distinguish, feature, stamp). (various references)

Manx

soylaghey (comparison, imagery, liken, resemble, similitude). (various references)

Pig Latin

ypifytay

Portuguese

tipificar (represent, type), simbolizar (body, denote, emblem, emblematize, figure, personify, represent, symbolize), ser o tipo de (type), representar (act, act for, appear, depict, depicture, do, execute, make, perform, personate, personify, play, portray, represent, support), exemplificar (adduce, exemplify, instance), caraterizar (character, characterize, distinguish, feature, mark, stamp). (various references)

Romanian

tipiza, reprezenta (body, depict, describe, give, imagine, make, picture, present, produce, represent, reproduce, signify, sit for a borough), personifica (embody, impersonify, personalize, personate, personify), întruchipa (body forth, embody, incarnate, incorporate, materialize, objectify, personify, represent). (various references)

Russian 

отражать (be representative of, beat back, beat off, fend, fend off, mirror, parry, reflect, reverberate, ward off, warded). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

predstaviti (image, introduce, pass off, picture, present). (various references)

Spanish

tipificar, simbolizar (symbolize). (various references)

Turkish

simgesi olmak (be symbolic of, be symbolical of, characterize, symbolize), simgelemek (be symbolic of, characterize, represent, symbolize), belirgin özelliği olmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

уособлювати (impersonate, incarnate, personalize, personify), символізувати (emblem, emblematize, image, symbolize), бути типовим представником. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "typify": typifying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Typify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: thpify, tipify, typi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: pity, typy.

-3 letters: fit, pit, tip, yip.

-4 letters: if, it, pi, ti.

+3 letters: typifying.