- typical, usual or ordinary; what you would expect
- quite/perfectly (= completely) normal
- Her temperature is normal.
- They are just quiet, normal people.
- it is normal (for somebody) to do something It's normal to feel tired after such a long trip.
- It is now regarded as normal for women to work outside the home.
- He should be able to lead a perfectly normal life.
- Divorce is complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse.
- Under normal circumstances, I would say ‘yes’.
- In the normal course of events I wouldn't go to that part of town.
- Statistically, in a normal distribution, 68 per cent of the scores fall fairly close.
- The unemployment rate was above normal levels.
- Temperatures are expected to be in the normal range for May.
- We are open during normal office hours.
- It is normal practice to inform somebody if you want to leave early.
- My day began in the normal way, and then I received a very strange phone call.
- During normal conditions the road is clear of stones and mud.
Extra Examples- Go for your check-ups in the normal way until you are six months pregnant.
- I'd say it was pretty normal to be upset if your house burned down.
- It started out as a perfectly normal day.
- Mandy doesn't seem her normal self today.
- The temperature is near normal for spring.
- Under normal circumstances Martin would probably have gone to college.
- In normal circumstances she would have tested the machine first.
- In the normal course of events these things take months.
- At the time, her treatment by the media was seen as normal and acceptable.
- The help desk is available during normal office hours.
- The skin surface is resistant to infection under normal circumstances.
- physically and mentally healthy
- She seemed perfectly normal to me.
- Rebecca was born a normal, healthy baby.
Extra Examples- They made me feel that I wasn't normal because I didn't want children.
- It's not normal to be so calm all the time.
- No normal person would do a thing like that.
- People who commit these crimes can't be normal, can they?
- I don't see how otherwise normal, sane people can agree with such a policy.
- He had been a completely normal, happy child.
opposite abnormal
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘right-angled’): from Latin normalis, from norma ‘carpenter's square’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.
Idioms
See normal in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee normal in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishas per normal/usual
- (informal) in the way that is normal or usual; as often happens
- Everyone blamed me as per usual.
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