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ˈtɪp ɪ kəltyp·i·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. typicaladjective

    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"; "a typical case of arteritis"

  2. distinctive, typicaladjective

    of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

    "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!"

  3. typicaladjective

    conforming to a type

    "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"

Wiktionary

  1. typicaladjective

    Capturing the overall sense of a thing

  2. typicaladjective

    characteristically representing something by form or type

  3. typicaladjective

    normal

  4. Etymology: From typicalis, from typicus, from τυπικός, from τύπος; see typic and -al, and type.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Typick, Typicalnoun

    Emblematical; figurative of something else.

    Etymology: typique, Fr. typicus, Lat.

    The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the christian; which is so much more holy and honourable than that, as the institution of Christ is more excellent than that of Moses. Francis Atterbury.

    Hence that many coursers ran,
    Hand-in-hand, a goodly train,
    To bless the great Eliza’s reign;
    And in the typic glory show
    What fuller bliss Maria shall bestow. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. Typical

    Typical is the debut single from New Orleans rock group MUTEMATH. The song was written in 2003 by Paul Meany and Darren King. The digital single was released on April 10, 2007. A physical single was released in the UK only on August 27, 2007. Josh Harris club remixes of the song were also released digitally to several outlets on September 18, 2007. The song is also featured as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of video games. The song was also part of the soundtrack for the 2006 video game ATV Offroad Fury 4. The song was also featured in the 2009 film, The Stepfather.

ChatGPT

  1. typical

    Typical is an adjective that describes a person, situation, or thing that represents the characteristics or features most commonly observed or expected in a particular group, category, or type. It often indicates something that is considered normal, usual, standard or average.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Typicaladjective

    of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative

  2. Typicaladjective

    combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus

Wikidata

  1. Typical

    Typical is a live album by Peter Hammill, recorded in 1992 and released in 1999. It is a double CD and was released on Hammill's own Fie! label. The album was recorded at nine concerts in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy.

Entomology

  1. Typical

    the normal or usual form of a species; agreeing with the type form.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'typical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2131

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'typical' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2696

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'typical' in Adjectives Frequency: #280

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of typical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of typical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of typical in a Sentence

  1. Omar Abbosh:

    You can use that to work out a typical deal size.

  2. Charlotte Guttridge:

    Throughout the trip, Otto behaved as a typical tourist - taking pictures, enjoying himself. We had no indication that anything untoward had happened until the airport.

  3. Sharon Choksi:

    If you compare (our shirts) against what you find in a typical girls' or boys' department, our shirts are literally in the middle.

  4. Houston Astros:

    I know the difference between typical soreness and what I can and cannot work through better than anybody because I’ve done it.

  5. Mark Milley:

    Typical military planning, I'm going to assume worst case and that there will be some readiness impact to the military in some capacity, i'm just not at a place right now where I can give you an accurate description of what that's going to look like.

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