Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

two -thi rds also two thirds QUANT Two-thirds of something is an amount that is two out of three equal parts of it. □ [+ of ] Two-thirds of householders in this country live in a mortgaged home. ● PRON Two-thirds is also a pronoun. □  The United States and Russia hope to conclude a treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds. ● ADV [ADV adj/-ed] Two-thirds is also an adverb. □  Do not fill the container more than two-thirds full. □  A second book has already been commissioned and is two-thirds finished. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Two-thirds is also an adjective. □  …the two thirds majority in parliament needed to make constitutional changes.

two -wa y

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Two-way means moving or working in two opposite directions or allowing something to move or work in two opposite directions. □  The bridge is now open to two-way traffic.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A two-way radio can send and receive signals.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] If there is two-way help or learning, two people or groups are both helping each other or both learning from each other. □  Trust is a two way thing.

ty|coon /ta I kuː n/ (tycoons ) N‑COUNT A tycoon is a person who is successful in business and so has become rich and powerful.

tyke /ta I k/ (tykes ) N‑COUNT You can refer to a child, especially a naughty or playful one, as a tyke when you want to show affection for them. [INFORMAL , APPROVAL ]

type

➊ SORT OR KIND

➋ WRITING AND PRINTING

➊ type ◆◆◇ /ta I p/ (types )

1 N‑COUNT A type of something is a group of those things that have particular features in common. □ [+ of ] There are various types of the disease. □  In 1990, 25% of households were of this type.

2 N‑COUNT If you refer to a particular thing or person as a type of something more general, you are considering that thing or person as an example of that more general group. □ [+ of ] Have you done this type of work before? □ [+ of ] Rates of interest for this type of borrowing can be high. □ [+ of ] I am a very determined type of person.

3 N‑COUNT If you refer to a person as a particular type , you mean that they have that particular appearance, character, or way of behaving. □  It's the first time I, a fair-skinned, freckly type, have sailed in the sun without burning.

4 PHRASE If you say that someone is not your type , you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive. [INFORMAL ] □  At first I thought he was rather ordinary looking, a little chubby, not my type.

5 → see also blood type

➋ type ◆◆◇ /ta I p/ (types , typing , typed )

1 VERB If you type something, you use a computer keyboard, typewriter or word processor to write it. □ [V n] I can type your essays for you. □ [V ] I had never really learnt to type properly. □ [V -ed] The letter consists of six closely typed pages.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Type is printed text as it appears in a book or newspaper, or the small pieces of metal that are used to create this. □  The correction had already been set in type.

3 → see also typing

▸  type in or type into PHRASAL VERB If you type information into a computer or type it in , you press keys on the keyboard so that the computer stores or processes the information. □ [V n P n] Officials type each passport number into a computer. □ [V P n] You have to type in commands, such as 'help' and 'print'. □ [V n P ] You type things in, and it responds.