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typical

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl//
  • /[ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəɫ]/
  • /[ˈtɪp.ɪ.kɫ̩]/

Capturing the overall sense of a thing.

adjective

  1. 1

    Capturing the overall sense of a thing.

  2. 2

    Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.

  3. 3

    Normal, average; to be expected.

    Also perpetual is the practice of extending greetings and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. The most typical traditional greeting is gong xi fa cai (for prosperity). And it certainly has been the most appropriate one since China in late 1978 denounced the political upheaval of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) and launched its large-scale reform and development programmes.

    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.

  4. 4

    Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.

    Celticecis species are definitely known only from the typical subgenus of Celtis, distributed through much of the Holarctic Region.

Etymology

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

Forms

plural
typicals
comparative
more typical
superlative
most typical
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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