typical

typ·i·cal

adjective

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.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typical." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 10 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical>.

APA Style

typical. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical

typical

serving as a type; symbolic
having or showing the characteristics, qualities, etc. of a kind, class, or group so fully as to be a representative example
of or belonging to a type or representative example; characteristic

Origin of typical

Medieval Latin typicalis from Classical Latin typicus from Classical Greek typikos

Also typ′ic

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typical." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 10 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical>.

APA Style

typical. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical

typical

adjective

Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category: a typical suburban community.
Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.
Conforming to a type: a composition typical of the baroque period.
also typ·ic Of the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type; emblematic.
Conforming with what usually happens: The bus is late again? That's so typical!

Origin of typical

Late Latin typicālis from typicus from Greek tupikos from tupos impression

Related Forms:

typ′i·cal·ly
adverb

typ′i·cal·ness typ′i·cal′i·ty
noun

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typical." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 10 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical>.

APA Style

typical. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical

Adjective

(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.

Antonyms

atypical

Noun

(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.

Origin

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical"), from Ancient Greek Ï„Ï…Ï€Î¹ÎºÏŒÏ‚ (tupikos, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical"), from Ï„ÏÏ€Î¿Ï‚ (tupos, “mark, impression, type"); see typic and -al, and type.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typical." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 10 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical>.

APA Style

typical. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical

typical - Medical Definition

adj.

Relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.

Related Forms:

typ′i·cal·ly
adv.

typ′i·cal·ness typ′i·cal′i·ty (-kăl′ĭ-tē)
n.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typical." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 10 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical>.

APA Style

typical. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Typical

Synonyms

SentencesSentence examples

typical

typical

typical

typical - Medical Definition

Sentence Examples

Related

Also Mentioned In

Words near typical in the dictionary

typical

typical

typical

typical - Medical Definition

Sentence Examples

Related

Also Mentioned In

Words near typical in the dictionary

Join YourDictionary today