typical

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
  2. adjective of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; - Curtis Wilkie
  3. adjective conforming to a type

Etymology

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.

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