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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•to•type /ˈproʊtəˌtaɪp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the original or model on which something is based or formed, as the first working model of something to be manufactured on a large scale.
See -type-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•to•type (prō′tə tīp′),USA pronunciation n., v. -typed, -typ•ing. n. - the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model;
exemplar:She is the prototype of a student activist. - something analogous to another thing of a later period:a Renaissance prototype of our modern public housing.
- Biologyan archetype;
a primitive form regarded as the basis of a group.
v.t. - to create the prototype or an experimental model of:to prototype a solar-power car.
- Greek prōtótypon, noun, nominal use of neuter of prōtótypos original. See proto-, type
- Neo-Latin prōtotypon
- 1595–1605
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pattern.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prototype /ˈprəʊtəˌtaɪp/ n - one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially
- a person or thing that serves as an example of a type
- the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype
ˌprotoˈtypal, prototypic /ˌprəʊtəˈtɪpɪk/, ˌprotoˈtypical adj |