normal
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- noun
- /ˈnɔrməl/
:
normalidad
- Serum calcium levels returned to normal in five to six days after surgery in 37 patients.
- return to normal
- the new normal
- 10% of normal
You think this is the normal, right?
- You think this is the normal, right?
- Or I guess this is our new normal or when will this end?
- It's a little heavier than my normal like Drybar triple.
Examples
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Their corn harvest, which averaged 58 percent of normal, was even worse than that reported for 1992.
Academic text (1994) -
As with all areas of practice, familiarity with examining the normal will increase the ability to identify the abnormal.
Academic text (2015) -
These are all, to me, very normal, very standard.
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And this would be our normal sort of climate.
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Children develop their social, speech, and motor skills at different rates; the range of normal is wide.
Academic text (2014) -
So there's a normal range of blood pressure, normal temperature.
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Elevated CPK levels returned to normal within several days.
Academic text (2012) -
As a result, significantly more seawater than normal is being driven toward the coast.
Blog text (2) -
Texarkana had pretty much returned to normal after the excitement of the attack on lover's lane.
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After the chaos of the storm passed, the town finally returned to normal life.
Synonyms
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Generally used and accepted as correct
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3.7
A usual way people in a group behave
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1.4
A paper or cloth guide used to cut fabric for clothes
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3.9
A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow
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4.1
The usual state when life returns to the expected routine
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3.5
A time when things are usual and happen as expected
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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 Typical
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Etymology
Normal comes from the Latin norma, meaning 'rule', and it gave us the English word norm, so a 'normal' is the usual or expected state that follows that rule.