typify
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
typify (typifies, present participle typifying; past and past participle typified)
- (transitive) To embody, exemplify; to represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
- ''His attitude typifies the attitude of young people today.
- (transitive) To portray stereotypically.
- The angry captain typified all new sailors as incompetent.
- (transitive, science) To serve as a typical or reference specimen of.
- The chosen specimen typifies plants belonging to that species.
- Portuguese: tipificar
- Russian: служи́ть типи́чным приме́ром
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