Collocations for "typical"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "typical" in context.
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typical
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a typical [use, example, feature] (of)
- a typical [approach, answer, question]
- a typical problem that we could [face, encounter]
- a typical [condition, cause, ailment, symptom]
- typical [mistakes, errors, misspellings]
- [mistakes] that are typical of [learners, beginners]
- typical mistakes for [children, foreign students, beginners]
- a typical [family, working person, home, environment]
- had a typical day at [work, home, school, the store]
- just another typical day at [work]!
- typical weather for [this time of year, England, April]
- typical of [most, many, some] regions
- that doesn't [seem, sound] (very) typical of her
- that's [just, so] typical of him!
- that's typical behavior for her
- it's typical of her to [say, mention, do, be]
- [must, could, might] be a typical case of
- is a typìcal [dish, drink] in [Spain]
- is a typical [Spanish] [dish]
'typical' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American
- British
- Caribbean
- Greece
- Lebanon
- Paris
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- autumn
- bedroom
- clog
- closing
- composition
- countryside
- cuisine
- dessert
- exhibit
- hipster
- housewife
- instrument
- pastry
- refrain
- souvenir
- spice
- teenager
- telephone
- trait
- unlike
- war
- weather