{
    "term": "typical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the usual qualities or features of a particular type of person, thing or group",
            "sensetop": "typical of somebody/somethingtypical for somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a typical Italian cafe"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a typical example of Roman pottery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Judy is a typical American teenager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This meal is typical of local cookery.",
                    "contextForm": "typical of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather at the moment is not typical for July.",
                    "contextForm": "typical for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "East Anglia is by no means typical of rural Britain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Julia is fairly typical of her age group."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You must not take this attitude as typical of English people."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "happening in the usual way; showing what something is usually like",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A typical working day for me begins at 7.30."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On a typical day, we receive about 50 letters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Draw up your own budget for a typical week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Typical interview questions are ‘Why do you want to study law?’ or ‘Why did you choose this college?’"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "normal",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "behaving in the way that you expect",
            "sensetop": "typical of somebody/something",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)(informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He spoke with typical enthusiasm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The characters don't react to their situation in typical horror movie fashion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was typical of her to forget.",
                    "contextForm": "typical of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's late again—typical!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're going to be late? Now, isn't that just typical?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's altogether typical of Tom!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɪpɪkl/",
                "audio": "ty/typical/typical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɪpɪkl/",
                "audio": "ty/typical/typical__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin typicalis, via Latin from Greek tupikos, from tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’."
}