Typical definition
Of or belonging to a type or representative example; characteristic.
adjective
Conforming with what usually happens.
The bus is late again? That's so typical!
adjective
Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category.
A typical suburban community.
adjective
Serving as a type; symbolic.
adjective
Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.
adjective
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Conforming to a type.
A composition typical of the baroque period.
adjective
Of the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type; emblematic.
adjective
Having or showing the characteristics, qualities, etc. of a kind, class, or group so fully as to be a representative example.
adjective
Relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.
adjective
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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.
noun
The definition of typical is a characteristic or behavior that is normal and expected for a given person or thing or in a given situation.
An example of something that would be described as typical is your typical boring day at work where you do the same things you do every other day.
An example of something that would be described as typical is a characteristic that you'd expect, such as a dog having fur.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
typical
Plural:
typicalsOrigin of typical
- Late Latin typicālis from typicus from Greek tupikos from tupos impression
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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