typify
pronunciation
How to pronounce typify in British English:
UK [ˈtɪpɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce typify in American English:
US [ˈtɪpəˌfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
Word Origin
- typify (v.)
- 1630s, "to represent by a symbol," from Late Latin typus (see type (n.)) + -fy. Meaning "serve as a typical specimen of some class, etc." is attested from 1854. Related: Typified; typifying.
Example
- 1. Another way to typify them is by theme .
- 2. Those five pages also typify his odd priorities .
- 3. Yeah , this is more appropriate to typify the season .
- 4. This single item will suffice to typify all the rest .
- 5. His key editors in britain , andrew neil at the sunday times and kelvin mackenzie at the sun , both typify the murdoch ethos .