typical

  • 11typical — typ|i|cal [ tıpıkl ] adjective ** 1. ) like most things of the same type: It s a typical working class community. a typical reaction/response/comment fairly typical: He s followed a fairly typical career in teaching. typical of: The view is… …

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  • 12typical */*/*/ — UK [ˈtɪpɪk(ə)l] / US adjective 1) a) like most people or things of the same type It s a typical working class community. a typical reaction/response/comment fairly typical: He s followed a fairly typical career in teaching. typical of: The view… …

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  • 13typical — [[t]tɪ̱pɪk(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED You use typical to describe someone or something that shows the most usual characteristics of a particular type of person or thing, and is therefore a good example of that type. Cheney is everyone s image of… …

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  • 14typical — 01. The [typical] North American adult moves away from home between the ages of 18 20. 02. Women in our society are [typically] expected to do the majority of work raising children. 03. Parents of the child say his injury [typifies] the kind of… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15typical — typ|i|cal W2S2 [ˈtıpıkəl] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: typicalis, from Latin typicus, from Greek typikos, from typos; TYPE1] 1.) having the usual features or qualities of a particular group or thing ▪ typical British weather… …

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  • 16typical*/*/*/ — [ˈtɪpɪk(ə)l] adj 1) like most things of the same type It s a typical working class community.[/ex] a typical reaction/response/comment[/ex] His opinions are fairly typical of people of his generation.[/ex] 2) behaving in a way that is usual for a …

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  • 17typical — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ consider sth, regard sth as, take sth as ▪ …

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  • 18typical — adj. 1) typical of 2) typical to + inf. (it was typical of her to say such things) * * * [ tɪpɪk(ə)l] typicalof typical to+ inf. (it was typical other to say such things) …

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  • 19typical — / tIpIkFl/ adjective 1 having the usual features or qualities of a particular group or thing: a typical British summer (+ of): This painting is fairly typical of his early work. 2 behaving or happening in the usual way (+ of): It was typical of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20typical — Overused by nearly everyone, typical should be restricted to the meanings of distinctive, characteristic, representative, and emblematic. Typical of is not a synonym for like. Dr. Flack is like most pediatricians, not Dr. Flack is typical of most …

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