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   Typ·i·cal

   /ˈtipək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing: "a typical day" Similar representativeclassicquintessentialarchetypalmodelprototypicalstereotypicaldistinctivedistinguishingparticularnormalaverageordinarystandardregularroutinerun-of-the-millstockorthodoxconventionalpredictableunsurprisingunremarkableunexceptionalinformal:bog-standardOpposite atypicalunusualabnormalexceptionalunusualatypical
   • ▪ characteristic of a particular person or thing: "he brushed the incident aside with typical good humor" Similar characteristicin characterin keepingto be expectedusualnormalpar for the coursepredictabletrue to formtrue to typecustomaryhabitualproverbialinformal:… all overOpposite uncharacteristicout of keeping
   • ▪ showing the characteristics expected of or popularly associated with a particular person, situation, or thing: "you really are a typical journalist"
   • ▪ representative as a symbol; symbolic: "the pit is typical of hell"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin typicalis, via Latin from Greek tupikos, from tupos (see type).

   Derivatives

   • 1. typicality noun

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   The meaning of TYPICAL is combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group. How to use typical in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Typical.

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   TYPICAL definition: 1. showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things…. Learn more.

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   of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen. Synonyms: usual, stock, average, normal. conforming to a particular type. Biology. exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type: the typical genus of a family.

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   adjective. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category. “a typical American girl”. “a typical suburban community”. “the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year”. “a painting typical of the Impressionist school”. “a typical romantic poem”.

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   TYPICAL meaning: 1. showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things…. Learn more.

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   adj. 1. Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category: a typical suburban community. 2. Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive. 3. Conforming to a type: a composition typical of the baroque period.

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   You use typical to describe someone or something that shows the most usual characteristics of a particular type of person or thing, and is therefore a good example of that type.

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   Typical definition: Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category.

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    Definition of typical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    having all the qualities you expect a particular person, object, place, etc to have: typical German food. This style of painting is typical of Monet. Fewer examples. They plan to recreate a typical English village in Japan. It's typical of Jenny to be late.