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unknown
Adjective
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If something is unknown, nobody knows it.
Nothing was written down, and it was a long time ago, so his true date of birth is unknown.
media
Noun
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The (mass) media is/are the news sources and the people behind them.
The media have been too accepting of the government's arguments.
The Japanese media often ignores international news.
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A medium is a way of information or art.
We have to use music, pictures and other media to sell the product.
type
Noun
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A type is one thing or a group of things that are all members of a larger group because of some similarity.
I use the same type of camera at work.
It's very hard to see the differences between the two types of bird.
This type of snake is not dangerous to people.
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A type is a person who is like people from a particular group who are all similar in some way.
He's not the usually football type.
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Type is letters that have been printed by a machine.
The type in this book is too small to read.
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Type is the blocks of metal with raised letters used to print text.
With Gutenberg's movable type printing, books could be made using less money.
type
Verb
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If you type something, you write it using a keyboard.
I typed up the letter very quickly, so I hope there are no mistakes.
Please, type in your user name and password.
I don't want handwriting. Please, type it.
I can't type with all my fingers.
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If you type something, you put it into a particular group because of some group similarity.
The Red Cross collects the blood and the technicians in the hospitals cross and type it.