Typify | Just Another Typical SAT Word

We present you with the verb form today, though the adjective and noun forms are more commonly used.

📚️ Definition of Typify

Typify (verb): To be a characteristic example of something; to represent the essential qualities or features of a particular type, group, or category. Example: a painting that typifies the Impressionist movement.

The quintessential apple for the teacher.

🗣️ Pronunciation of Typify

• IPA: /ˈtɪp.ɪ.faɪ/ (See IPA key)

• Respelling: TIH-pih-fy

📰 Examples of Typify

Here are some examples of the word typify:

• Grandpa’s stubbornness and inability to ask for directions typify his entire generation’s relationship with mobile maps.

• The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, typifies the ambitious engineering projects of America’s Gilded Age.

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