Collocations for "type"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "type" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
type
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [product, material, display, job, property, business] type
- your [blood, body, personality] type
- a [criminal, kind, loving] type (of person)
- people of a [criminal] type
- a type of [fruit, dog, insect]
- a [small, natural, local, big, Asian] type of [fruit]
- this must be some type of [fruit]
- what type of [fruit] is it?
- he's not (really) my type
- [not, that's] my type of [man, woman, music, movie]
- I've met his type before
- or something of the type
- [headlines, writing, text] in [large, small] type
- in [bold, italic, underlined] type
- in [bold, italic, underlined] type font
- type [well, quickly, fast, correctly]
- can type [80 words per minute]
- type up a [proposal, resume, essay]
- type out the [proposal]
- type in the [search terms, keywords]
- type it into the [search engine, navigation bar]
- typed and [printed, signed]
- typed on a [QWERTY keyboard, word processor, vintage typewriter]
- typed his blood at the [clinic, medical center, Red Cross]
- type [molecules, a kidney, blood]
- always typed as a [hero, villain, criminal]
'type' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A
- address
- adventurous
- any
- ass
- average
- bastard
- billing
- blood
- body
- bold
- box
- cancer
- caterpillar
- character
- code
- coke
- conform
- constraint
- consumption
- curious
- cycle
- depiction
- devise
- diagram
- different
- directory
- dislike
- displacement
- dive
- divide
- document
- drum
- dweller
- dwelling
- either
- establishment
- experienced
- extinct
- file
- filter
- flatter
- folk
- frequent
- fuel
- full
- grain
- graph
- header
- humor