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- pronunciation:
- tI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
displaying the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing.
A typical suburban neighborhood in America will have mostly individual houses, each with its own surrounding lawn.- synonyms:
- classic, exemplary, illustrative, paradigmatic, representative, typal
- antonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, untypical
- similar words:
- demonstrative, emblematic, model, peculiar, sample
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| definition 2: |
characteristic or usual.
a typical American breakfast- synonyms:
- average, characteristic, ordinary, regular, standard, usual
- antonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, atypical, exceptional, strange, untypical, unusual
- similar words:
- classic, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, distinctive, natural, normal, orthodox, particular, peculiar, routine, run-of-the-mill, singular, special, stock
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| related words: |
categorical, habitual, ideal, moderate, modest, ordinary, routine, specific, standard, temperate, true |
adverb + (adj.)typical
anything, fairly
(adj.)typical
+ noun
angina,
boomer,
breed,
characteristic,
classroom,
comment,
diet,
example,
fare,
fashion,
freshman,
galaxy,
genre,
household,
issuer,
menu,
pattern,
profile,
reaction,
response,
scenario,
sentiment,
session,
supermarket,
symptom,
teen,
teenager,
weekday,
workday
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| derivations: |
typically (adv.), typicality (n.), typicalness (n.) |
The word typical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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