normal
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- adjective
- /ˈnɔrməl/
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normal
- After the storm, the town quickly returned to normal activities.
- normal hearing
- normal speech
- normal range
That's not love bombing, that's a normal courtship, right?
- That's not love bombing, that's a normal courtship, right?
- I would say go for a normal job and stop.
- I don't have to say it's normal because it's not.
- Whatever it is, it is the normal functioning of your brain.
- It it, it doesn't quite feel normal, but I'm going with it.
- It's not like your normal like diner brunch.
- But that's not the normal way of things, you know?
- Both writers look at things in ways that normal people don't.
- OK, I'm not sure it's normal that someone clicks that much.
Examples
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I can see how for, like, a normal person, this would be off-putting.
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We're going to do our normal night time routine.
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But instead, you know, live normal lives now, right?
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How can something that is normal be bad?
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I have just been trying to look as normal as possible these days.
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This is just like a normal person now.
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I had a perfectly normal childhood.
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Dude, you need to take your bonus and take your wife on a real vacation, like normal people.
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- Most of them live reasonably normal lives, don't they?
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Subjectivity in the perception of risk is normal and is shared by us all.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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Ordinary and not very good
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Happening most of the time in a normal way
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Having the usual qualities of a person, thing, or group
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Happening often or seen in many places
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Normal and not special or unusual
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2.7
Generally used and accepted as correct
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Normal and healthy for the body or mind
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Ordinary clothes or things used in daily life, not for special occasions
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Happening as a usual part of daily life
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Doing things in the usual way most people expect, not new or original
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3.5
Something done because of tradition or habit
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3.4
Ordinary and not special or new
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3.5
Common and not special or unusual
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A normal thing to expect in a situation
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Not special or exciting
Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere
Ordinary and not special
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A sloping break in the Earth's crust where the upper side moves down past the lower side
- Specialized
A bell-shaped line that shows most numbers near the middle and fewer far from it
- Archaic
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
- Specialized
A disease that damages the optic nerve and causes vision loss even with normal eye pressure
How Normal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Normal comes from the Latin word norma, which was a tool for making right angles and also meant 'rule', so a helpful way to remember it is that something normal follows the rule and is 'usual' or expected.