Meaning of TYPICAL
| Pronunciation: | | t'ipukul
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- [adj] 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!"
- [adj] conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | characteristic, distinctive, emblematic, exemplary, normal, regular(a), representative, sample, true, typic, veritable(a) |
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| | Antonyms: | | atypical, untypical | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. ?, from ? type: cf. F.
typique. See {Type}.]
1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form,
model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.
The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
Christian. --Atterbury.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential
characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. --
{Typ"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Typ"ic*al*ness}, n.
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