typical

«typical» in Mova's school dictionary: usual and normal for a certain kind of person, thing or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (typical, more typical, most typical)

meaning for a pupil

1) Typical means usual and normal for a certain kind of person, thing or place: «a typical school day». tree →

2) Typical means showing the main features of its kind, a good example: «a typical desert plant». tree →

3) «Typical!» is said when something annoying happens again, as you expected. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils describe «typical features» of a group: a typical insect has six legs; a typical mammal has hair and feeds its babies milk. In geography, «the typical weather» of a place. In maths, «average» helps find a typical value of a set of numbers. In everyday talk «Typical! It's raining on sports day.» Phrases: «typical of», «a typical day», «typically».

examples

• Describe a typical day at your school. tree →
• A cactus is a typical desert plant. tree →
• It's typical of him to be late. tree →
• Typical — the bus left just as we got there! tree →
• A typical cat sleeps for many hours a day. tree →
• What is the typical weather in Ireland in winter? tree →
• Roast dinner is a typical Sunday meal in Britain. tree →
• But at all events each family now has features of its own, typical characteristics by which it may be readily distinguished from its neighbors. tree →

note

Adverb: typically. Said «TIP-i-cal» (the y sounds like i). «Typical of someone» = what they usually do. Maths: the mean, median or mode can show the typical value.

In the corpora

• Chatbots have a typical style, with words like "furthermore" and "in conclusion", that teachers learn to notice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «typical» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.