typify
verb /ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/
/ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/
not usually used in the progressive tensesVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they typify | /ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it typifies | /ˈtɪpɪfaɪz/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple typified | /ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle typified | /ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form typifying | /ˈtɪpɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- typify something to be a typical example of something
- clothes that typify the 1960s
- the new style of politician, typified by the Prime Minister
- typify something to be a typical feature of something
- the haunting guitar melodies that typify the band’s music
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin typus (from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’) + -fy.