Collocations for "normal"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "normal" in context.
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normal
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- it is normal to [feel, want, see]
- it is [perfectly, quite, totally] normal to [feel, want, see]
- that is not normal
- use the normal [settings, cycle]
- is a normal and healthy child
- normal [weight, height] (for her age)
- [50%] of the normal price
- [want, get back to] a normal life
- shows a normal distribution of
- [in, under] normal conditions
- during normal [business, working] hours
- [format, use, apply] normal text
- resume normal [operations, production]
- [gone back, slowed, reverted] to normal levels
- a normal [level, practice, operation]
- the normal course of [action, proceedings, business]
- in the normal [course, run] of [events, things]
- normal procedure is to
- (not) normal behavior
- normal [temperature, heart rate, blood pressure]
- just a normal [guy, girl, mom]
- a normal, everyday [guy, person, name]
- just a normal sort of [day, guy]
- try to be normal (for a change)
- [things, life, school, the town] returned to normal
- [things] returned to normal after the [parade, war, festival]
- the service will be back to normal [tomorrow, next week]
- the [baby's, child's] temperature was [above, below] normal
- production has [fallen, dropped] below normal
- the normals [among us, in society]
- normals to a [surface, straight line, right angle]
- [things, life, school, the town] returned to normal
- it is normal to [feel, want, see]
- [things] returned to normal after the [parade, war, festival]
- it is [perfectly, quite, totally] normal to [feel, want, see]
- the service will be back to normal [tomorrow, next week]
- that is not normal
- the [baby's, child's] temperature was [above, below] normal
- use the normal [settings, cycle]
- production has [fallen, dropped] below normal
- is a normal and healthy child
- the normals [among us, in society]
- normal [weight, height] (for her age)
- normals to a [surface, straight line, right angle]
- [50%] of the normal price
- [want, get back to] a normal life
- shows a normal distribution of
- [in, under] normal conditions
- during normal [business, working] hours
- [format, use, apply] normal text
- resume normal [operations, production]
- [gone back, slowed, reverted] to normal levels
- a normal [level, practice, operation]
- the normal course of [action, proceedings, business]
- in the normal [course, run] of [events, things]
- normal procedure is to
- (not) normal behavior
- normal [temperature, heart rate, blood pressure]
- just a normal [guy, girl, mom]
- a normal, everyday [guy, person, name]
- just a normal sort of [day, guy]
- try to be normal (for a change)
- [try to, just] act normal
'normal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aging
- aloof
- annoyed
- anxiety
- anxious
- behavior
- bowel
- business
- busy
- calm
- carry
- complement
- consume
- day
- disrupt
- disruption
- dry
- email
- fast
- function
- household
- impaired
- lifespan
- liver
- occur
- outside
- people
- person
- politics
- preclude
- pregnancy
- resume
- return
- run
- service
- space
- supplement
- wear
- working