# typical

Pronunciation: say "TIP-i-kuhl" /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/

## Adjective

1. Normal or average; the kind of thing one would expect.
   - Simple: Normal and expected, like most other things of the same kind.
   - _On a typical weekday, the clinic sees about forty patients._
   - _Typical summer temperatures here hover around ninety degrees._
2. Having the usual features or qualities of a particular type, group or person.
   - Simple: Showing the usual qualities of a kind of person or thing.
   - _The specimen displays the markings typical of mountain-dwelling species._
   - _He gave a typical politician's answer, full of vague promises._

## Other meanings

- (noun) An instance that is normal or standard for its kind.
- (adjective) Describing a lower taxonomic group that contains the type of the higher taxon it belongs to.

## Origin

Its root is Ancient Greek tupos ('mark, impression, type'), which gave tupikós ('of or pertaining to a type'). Latin took this as typicus ('typical'), Late Latin lengthened it to typicalis, and English got the word from those Latin forms.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/typical (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).