MEANING
To represent or exemplify the characteristic qualities of something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- typify a habit
- typify an era
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The exchange typified their habit of avoiding the central question.
The altered facade typified the settlement’s uncertain renewal.
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Word forms
- Base
- typify
- Past tense
- typified
- Past participle
- typified
- Present participle
- typifying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- typify
- Present continuous
- am/is/are typifying
- Present perfect
- have/has typified
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been typifying
- Past
- typified
- Past continuous
- was/were typifying
- Past perfect
- had typified
- Past perfect continuous
- had been typifying
- Future
- will typify
- Future continuous
- will be typifying
- Future perfect
- will have typified
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been typifying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: typify; typifies; typified; typified; typifying Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: typifies.
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