normal
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈnɔɹməl
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Definition
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adjective
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
noun
countableuncountable
The usual state.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
Used this way, normal is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Positive and appreciative
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- regular , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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More ways to use normal
- “Serve wine at normal room temperature.”adjective
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Compound terms
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Glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal.
A two-year school for training elementary teachers.
An inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall.
An achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect.
A theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance.
A symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution.
Related words
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Become normal or return to its normal state.
Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning.
Any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes.
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