tips
See also Tips
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Noun
tips
- Plural form of tip
Verb
tips
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tip.
Anagrams
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Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately a borrowing from Latin typus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τύπος (týpos, “mark, impression, type”).
Noun
tips m, 1st declension
- type (a model having some defining characteristics; an object with certain characteristic features, properties)
- automobiļa, lidmašīnu tips — automobile, aircraft type
- pilsētas tipa apmetne — urban type settlement
- tipa projekts — type project (engineering project intended for multiple use)
- type (a category, group, model etc. created by generalizing or idealizing certain features or characteristics)
- augsnes tips — soil type
- antropoloģiskais tips — anthropological type
- laikapstākļu tips — weather (lit. weather conditions) type
- meža augšanas apstākļu tips — forest site (lit. forest growth conditions) type
- augstākās nervu darbības tips — higher nervous activity type
- (zoology) type (highest category in animal systematics)
- tips ir augstākā kategorija dzīvnieku klasifikācija — the type is the highest category of animal classification
- type (a group of people with certain characteristics; an individual belonging to this group)
- aktieris nepavisam nebija varoņa mīlētāja tips — the actor was far from the heroic lover type
- starp šālaika Baltijas muižniekiem ir sastopami vairāki tipi; viens no visinteresantākajiem starp tiem ir tā sauktais īstais jeb veclaiku barons — among the Baltic nobility of the time there are many types; one of the most interesting among them is the so-called real or old-time baron
- type (artistic image which depicts the most characteristic features of a certain human group)
- tipus idividualizējot, karikatūrisks visai lakoniski atklāj pašu nozīmīgāko un nepieciešamāko to sociālās piederības raksturojumā — (by) individualizing types, the cartoonist very concisely reveals the most important and indispensable in the characterization of social classes
- (suggesting disdain, scorn) type, guy, bloke (a man whose appearance or behavior arouses suspicion, a negative attitude)
- šaubīgs, bīstams tips — a fishy, dangerous type, guy
- no otras puses tuvojas melnmatains tips ar ūsiņam, tērpies džinsa biksēs un melnā džemperī — from the other side came a black-haired type, guy with a mustache, wearing jeans and a black sweater
Declension
declension of tips
Derived terms
Swedish
Noun
tips n
- a tip, as a small amount of information
- (sports) football pools, betting
Declension
Declension of tips
Related terms
- måltips
- stryktips
- tipsbolag
- tipslapp
- tipspromenad
- tipsvinst
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