Meaning & use
of the same type
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
Belonging to the same category or group as something else.
Grammar: Follows a noun: 'cars of the same type'. Cannot be used before a noun.
Patterns
- noun + of the same type
The two buildings are of the same type, both built in the 1920s.
We need to compare errors of the same type across different datasets.
She only dates men of the same type: quiet and intellectual.
Common combinations
- of the same type
- These two devices are of the same type.
- problems of the same type
- We keep encountering problems of the same type.
- people of the same type
- He tends to hire people of the same type.
Synonyms and how they differ
- of the same kind
- Very close in meaning, but 'kind' is more general and everyday than 'type', which often implies a formal classification.
- similar
- Similar means 'almost the same' but does not require identical category membership; 'of the same type' is more precise.
Commonly confused: of the same type or of the same type of?
of the same type vs of the same type of
Do not add 'of' after 'type' unless you continue with a noun: 'of the same type of car' is correct, but 'of the same type of' alone is incomplete.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
The phrase requires 'of the same type' after a noun. Option B is ungrammatical; C is missing 'the'; D is incomplete because 'of' needs an object.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “of the same type”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.