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Meanings of typify (typifies) in English

Portuguese
representar
Catalan
representar
Spanish
representar

Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.

        representar
        Portuguese
        tipificar

        Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of.

              tipificar
              Usage of typifies in English
              1
              It typifies everything advocates of good government decry about the policy process.
              Reuters
              2
              This just typifies the attitude we found in China towards the Japanese.
              The Log of the Empire State
              3
              A review in the conservative journal, National Review, typifies the Right's frustration.
              The Guardian
              4
              African development typifies the process during the later phases of western civilization.
              Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
              5
              Moran typifies the new practitioners, who are clean and college- or conservatory-taught.
              The new yorker
              6
              Art on Mars typifies man's spiritual and material progress on this planet.
              The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic Revelation
              7
              China's ambitious urbanisation programme typifies the problem of a growth-obsessed model.
              The Guardian
              8
              Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh typifies the new intolerance emerging in India.
              Reuters
              9
              Seed typifies the desire for truth planted in the conscious and unconscious being.
              The Right Knock / A Story
              10
              Pachinko typifies the hands-off approach taken by Japan to the spread of Covid-19.
              The Irish Times
              11
              What Nature does in a day typifies what she does in an eternity.
              Time and Change
              12
              The triangle typifies the flame of sacred fire emerging from the holy lamp.
              The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion
              13
              That couple typifies the elements of greatness in our every-day people.
              Unleavened Bread
              14
              His enthusiasm typifies a resilient region proud of its industrial heritage.
              Reuters
              15
              It wanders elsewhere, but reverts to what typifies the novel and the charming.
              Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
              16
              The former is the external quality of bodies which typifies some divine attribute.
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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