normal
- noun
- /ˈnɔrməl/
- 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
Generally used and accepted as correct
A usual way people in a group behave
A paper or cloth guide used to cut fabric for clothes
A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow
The usual state when life returns to the expected routine
A time when things are usual and happen as expected
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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
Surface Forms
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.