- having the usual qualities or features of a particular type of person, thing or group synonym representative
- a typical Italian cafe
- This is a typical example of Roman pottery.
- Judy is a typical American teenager.
- typical of somebody/something This meal is typical of local cookery.
- typical for somebody/something The weather at the moment is not typical for July.
Extra Examples- East Anglia is by no means typical of rural Britain.
- Julia is fairly typical of her age group.
- You must not take this attitude as typical of English people.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- [usually before noun] happening in the usual way; showing what something is usually like synonym normal
- A typical working day for me begins at 7.30.
- On a typical day, we receive about 50 letters.
- Draw up your own budget for a typical week.
- Typical interview questions are ‘Why do you want to study law?’ or ‘Why did you choose this college?’
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- (often disapproving) behaving in the way that you expect
- He spoke with typical enthusiasm.
- The characters don't react to their situation in typical horror movie fashion.
- typical of somebody/something It was typical of her to forget.
- (informal) She's late again—typical!
Extra Examples- They're going to be late? Now, isn't that just typical?
- That's altogether typical of Tom!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
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- extremely
- fairly
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin typicalis, via Latin from Greek tupikos, from tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’.
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