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A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas.
Hugh Bonneville

Meaning of "typical" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TYPICAL

From Medieval Latin typicālis, from Late Latin typicus figurative, from Greek tupikos, from tupostype.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TYPICAL

typical  [ˈtɪpɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TYPICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Typical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TYPICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 featured in the 2009 film, The Stepfather.

Definition of typical in the English dictionary

The first definition of typical in the dictionary is being or serving as a representative example of a particular type; characteristic. Other definition of typical is considered to be an example of some undesirable trait. Typical is also of or relating to a representative specimen or type.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TYPICAL


abapical
æbˈeɪpɪkəl
antitypical
ˌæntɪˈtɪpɪkəl
archetypical
ˌɑːkɪˈtɪpɪkəl
atypical
eɪˈtɪpɪkəl
genotypical
ˌdʒɛnəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
heterotypical
ˌhɛtərəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
homeotypical
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
homoeotypical
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
karyotypical
ˌkærɪəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
nontypical
ˌnɒnˈtɪpɪkəl
phenotypical
ˌfiːnəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
phonotypical
ˌfəʊnəˈtɪpɪkəl
pickle
ˈpɪkəl
polytypical
ˌpɒlɪˈtɪpɪkəl
prototypical
ˌprəʊtəʊˈtɪpɪkəl
stereotypical
ˌsterɪəˈtɪpɪkəl
subtypical
sʌbˈtɪpɪkəl
topical
ˈtɒpɪkəl
tropical
ˈtrɒpɪkəl
untypical
ʌnˈtɪpɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TYPICAL

typhonic
typhoon
typhous
typhus
typhus fever
typic
typicality
typically
typicalness
typification
typified
typifier
typifies
typify
typing
typing error
typing paper
typing pool
typing speed
typist

WORDS THAT END LIKE TYPICAL

apical
chemical
epical
extratropical
haruspical
heliotropical
hydroscopical
hygroscopical
hypermetropical
intertropical
microscopical
Neotropical
nontropical
orthoepical
pantropical
philanthropical
pical
semitropical
spectroscopical
subapical
thaumatropical

Synonyms and antonyms of typical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TYPICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «typical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of typical

Translation of «typical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TYPICAL

Find out the translation of typical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of typical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «typical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

典型的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

típico
570 millions of speakers

English

typical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ठेठ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نـَمُوذَجِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

типичный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

típico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টিপিক্যাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

typique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tipikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

typisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

典型的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전형적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

khas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điển hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழக்கமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ठराविक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tipik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tipico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

typowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

типовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

caracteristic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τυπικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tipiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

typisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

typisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of typical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPICAL»

The term «typical» is very widely used and occupies the 4.199 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «typical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «typical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about typical

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10 QUOTES WITH «TYPICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word typical.
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Marina Abramovic
When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.
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Aldrich Ames
I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that time. You could call it liberal anti-communism.
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Michael D. Barnes
If today is your typical day in America, 80 of our fellow citizens will die from gunfire. In the last two weeks, more Americans have died from gunfire here at home in the United States than in the entire war in Iraq since it started.
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Bob Barr
The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.
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Suzanne Bonamici
Between floor votes, hearings and meetings, a typical week in Washington is about 70 hours. And back in the district, it's about 60 hours, a lot of which is spent with constituents.
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Hugh Bonneville
A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas.
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Sergey Brin
Today, if you want to access a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choice - fly to one of a handful of leading libraries in the country and hope to find it in the stacks.
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Smedley Butler
My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.
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Aya Cash
I didn't have that typical high school experience of feeling ashamed of who I was. I once wore a superman cape and pajamas, and I thought that was awesome - and some people didn't! But some people did, and it was an arts high school, so nobody made me feel bad about who I was.
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Natalie Cole
My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYPICAL»

Discover the use of typical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to typical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Anything But Typical
Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.
Nora Raleigh Baskin, 2010
2
Typical Dynamics of Volume Preserving Homeomorphisms
This 2000 book provides a self-contained introduction to typical properties of homeomorphisms.
Steve Alpern, V. S. Prasad, 2001
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Typical
A collection of stories in which Powell "sheds a dark yet revealing light on the landscapes and characters that have made his reputation"--P. [4] of cover.
Padgett Powell, 1992
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Typical Men: The Representation of Masculinity in Popular ...
Typical Men is the first history of masculinity in British film from World War II to the end of the 1990s.
Andrew Spicer, 2003
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The Tabernacle's Typical Teaching
" The publishers commend this book to you as an aid to such study, confident that as you read, your appreciation will grow of the wonder of the One who is indeed the Tabernacle's true Theme, and is Himself the Truth.
Algernon James Pollock, 2009
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Not Your Typical Dragon
With wry humor and whimsical illustrations, Not Your Typical Dragon is the perfect story for any child who can't help feeling a little bit different.
Dan Bar-el, 2013
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Dictionary of Typical Command Phrases
Unchain Your Brain! Release Illogical Thoughts! If you have problems you cannot seem to solve or relationships you cannot seem to work out, you should get this book. People unknowingly lock their brains in chains.
Richard W. Wetherill, 2009
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Typical Girls?: The Story of the Slits
Music Groups.
Zoe Howe, 2009
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Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Typical ...
Synthesizing the breadth of current knowledge on brain behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this important volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines.
Donna Coch, Kurt W. Fischer, Geraldine Dawson, 2010
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Not Your Typical Family
Nancy and Andy Parker lives in a 3 bedroom home with 5 boys.
Lil Lord, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TYPICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term typical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trump Shouts Down MSNBC's Jose Diaz Balart: "Typical Case Of …
That's a typical case of the press with misinterpretation," Trump roared as his supporters cheered. "They take half a sentence, then they take a quarter of a ... «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»
2
Top US CEOs earned 303 times more than 'typical' workers
Top U.S. CEOs made 303 times what a “typical” worker earned in 2014, the report notes, a ratio that has risen since the depths of the recession, but is below an ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
3
Khloe and Kim Kardashian enjoy a 'typical day' filled with plenty of …
Khloe captioned it: "Typical day in the neighborhood with my Keeks". Funnily enough, it's almost exactly how we expected the Kardashians to spent their days. «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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'Typical' family in federal budget not so typical: critics
The middle-class income of a Canadian family of four, with both parents working, appears to have stalled, at least according to the "typical" example presented in ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
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Who is Canberra's typical public servant? How the Canberra …
It is financially better to be a typical federal public servant in Canberra than anywhere else in Australia because of the opportunity for promotion, figures show. «The Canberra Times, Apr 15»
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Do You Spend More In Retirement Than The Typical American?
In some ways, the typical retiree's expenses are similar to the expenses of all Americans. For example, housing is a retiree's biggest expense and the average ... «Motley Fool, Apr 15»
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Megan Fox: 'I'm Not Your Typical Music Video Model'
“It makes me laugh because I've done plenty of interviews and when you read the article from beginning to end you can see that I'm not your typical music video ... «The Inquisitr, Mar 15»
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Atlanta tops in typical commute distance
Atlanta heads a list of 96 large metro areas in typical commute distance by mileage. Getting to work means a 12.8-mile commute on average for most of us. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Mar 15»
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Groundsman predicts typical Adelaide pitch for first Test
Damian Hough says the pitch for the first Test between Australia and India starting Tuesday will "a typical Adelaide Oval pitch". "Hopefully there is a little bit in it ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
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Do 'typical' sexual fantasies exist?
The results, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, question the definition of typical and atypical sexual fantasies used in psychiatric manuals. Our survey ... «The Conversation US, Nov 14»

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