What is the meaning of typical?

adjective

  • Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.
    • usage: "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"
  • Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing.
    • usage: "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you"
  • Conforming to a type.
    • usage: "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
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