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- pronunciation:
- nor
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word History, Word Builder, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
conforming to a standard, pattern, or general average, or to what is expected; usual; regular.
Normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 37 degrees Celsius.He gave up his normal life when he became a spy.She wanted to go to a normal school, not this fancy place her parents sent her to.- synonyms:
- average, customary, habitual, natural, ordinary, regular, standard, typical, usual
- antonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, deviant, exceptional, freak, malformed, odd, queer, strange, unearthly, unnatural, unusual, weird
- similar words:
- accepted, accustomed, characteristic, conventional, everyday, orthodox, par, quotidian, routine
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| definition 2: |
without mental or emotional disorders; psychologically healthy or average.
She worried about whether her son was normal when he began to engage in strange behavior.The counselor assured her that her fears were normal.- synonyms:
- sane, sound
- similar words:
- healthy, rational, reasonable, right, right-minded
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| definition 3: |
medically or biologically sound in function.
This is the sound of a normal heartbeat.They compared the cancerous tissue with the normal tissue.- synonyms:
- healthy, sound
- similar words:
- fit, right
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customary, lucid, mean, moderate, modest, mundane, prevalent, right, stock, straight, temperate, true, typical |
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noun |
| definition: |
the average or expected form, condition, level, or amount; standard.
The temperature was below normal last month.- synonyms:
- average, ordinary, par, standard
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| related words: |
average, mean |
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| derivation: |
normality (n.) |
The word normal comes from a Latin word that means "a carpenter's square."
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