typical
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- typicall (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (“of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (tupos, “mark, impression, type”); see typic and -al, and type.
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Adjective [edit]
typical (comparative more typical, superlative most typical)
- Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
- Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
- Normal, average; to be expected.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion[1]:
- One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion[1]:
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:common
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Translations [edit]
Capturing the overall sense of a thing
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Noun [edit]
typical (plural typicals)
- Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.
- Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
- Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.
External links [edit]
- typical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- typical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
