Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

typi|fy /t I p I fa I / (typifies , typifying , typified ) VERB If something or someone typifies a situation or type of thing or person, they have all the usual characteristics of it and are a typical example of it. □ [V n] These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.

typ|ing /ta I p I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Typing is the work or activity of typing something by means of a typewriter or word processor. □  She didn't do any typing till the evening.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft poss N ] Typing is the skill of using a typewriter or keyboard quickly and accurately. □  My typing is quite dreadful.

typ|ist /ta I p I st/ (typists ) N‑COUNT A typist is someone who works in an office typing letters and other documents.

ty|po|graphi|cal /ta I pəgræ f I k ^ə l/ ADJ [ADJ n] Typographical relates to the way in which printed material is presented. □  Owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.

ty|pog|ra|phy /ta I pɒ grəfi/ N‑UNCOUNT Typography is the way in which written material is arranged and prepared for printing.

ty|pol|ogy /ta I pɒ lədʒi/ (typologies ) N‑COUNT A typology is a system for dividing things into different types, especially in science and the social sciences. [FORMAL ]

ty|ran|ni|cal /t I ræ n I k ^ə l/

1 ADJ If you describe someone as tyrannical , you mean that they are severe or unfair towards the people that they have authority over. □  He killed his tyrannical father with a blow to the head.

2 ADJ If you describe a government or organization as tyrannical , you mean that it acts without considering the wishes of its people and treats them cruelly or unfairly. □  …one of the world's most oppressive and tyrannical regimes.

tyr|an|nize /t I rəna I z/ (tyrannizes , tyrannizing , tyrannized ) in BRIT, also use tyrannise VERB If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly. □ [V n] …fathers who tyrannize their families. □ [V + over ] Armed groups use their power to tyrannise over civilians. [Also V ]

tyr|an|ny /t I rəni/ (tyrannies )

1 N‑VAR A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else. □  Self-expression and individuality are the greatest weapons against tyranny.

2 N‑UNCOUNT If you describe someone's behaviour and treatment of others that they have authority over as tyranny , you mean that they are severe with them or unfair to them. □  I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.

3 N‑COUNT You can describe something that you have to use or have as a tyranny if you think it is undesirable or unpleasant. □ [+ of ] The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life.

ty|rant /ta I ə rənt/ (tyrants ) N‑COUNT You can use tyrant to refer to someone who treats the people they have authority over in a cruel and unfair way. □  …households where the father was a tyrant.

tyre /ta I ə ^r / (tyres ) in AM, use tire 1 N‑COUNT A tyre is a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, and bicycles.

2 → see also spare tyre

tyro /ta I roʊ/ (tyros ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A tyro is a person who is just beginning to learn something or who has very little experience of something. [JOURNALISM ] □  …a tyro journalist.

Uu

U , u /juː / (U's, u's ) N‑VAR U is the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet.

uber- /uː bə ^r -/ COMB Uber combines with nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives that refer to a great or extreme example of something. [JOURNALISM ] □  She became the internet's first uberbabe. □  McNally now owns a clutch of uberchic downtown celebrity hang-outs.