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Detailed Synonyms for typify in English

typify:

to typify verb (typifies, typified, typifying)

  1. to typify
    – express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol 1
    to characterize; to characterise
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    • characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
      • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
    • characterise verb, British
    to typify
    – express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol 1
    • typify verb (typifies, typified, typifying)
    to mark
    • mark verb (marks, marked, marking)
  2. to typify
    – express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol 1
    to represent; to stand for; to typify; to symbolize; symbolise
    – express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol 1
    • represent verb (represents, represented, representing)
    • stand for verb (stands for, stood for, standing for)
    • typify verb (typifies, typified, typifying)
    • symbolize verb, American (symbolizes, symbolized, symbolizing)
      • What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?1
    • symbolise verb, British
  3. to typify
    – embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of 1
    epitomize; to typify; epitomise
    – embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of 1
    • epitomize verb, American
    • typify verb (typifies, typified, typifying)
      • The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition1
    • epitomise verb, British

Conjugations for typify:

present
  1. typify
  2. typify
  3. typifies
  4. typify
  5. typify
  6. typify
simple past
  1. typified
  2. typified
  3. typified
  4. typified
  5. typified
  6. typified
present perfect
  1. have typified
  2. have typified
  3. has typified
  4. have typified
  5. have typified
  6. have typified
past continuous
  1. was typifying
  2. were typifying
  3. was typifying
  4. were typifying
  5. were typifying
  6. were typifying
future
  1. shall typify
  2. will typify
  3. will typify
  4. shall typify
  5. will typify
  6. will typify
continuous present
  1. am typifying
  2. are typifying
  3. is typifying
  4. are typifying
  5. are typifying
  6. are typifying
subjunctive
  1. be typified
  2. be typified
  3. be typified
  4. be typified
  5. be typified
  6. be typified
diverse
  1. typify!
  2. let's typify!
  3. typified
  4. typifying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

typify

  1. typify

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Related Definitions for "typify":

  1. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol1
  2. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of1
    • The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition1