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topical

[ top-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. relating to or dealing with matters of current or local interest:

    a topical reference.

  2. relating to the subject of a discourse, composition, or the like.
  3. relating to or in a particular place; local:

    The themes chosen for World Meteorological Day reflect topical weather, climate, or water-related issues.

  4. Medicine/Medical. of, relating to, or applied externally to a particular part of the body; local:

    a topical anesthetic.



noun

  1. Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.

topical

/ ˈtɒpɪkəl; ˌtɒpɪˈkælɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or constituting current affairs
  2. relating to a particular place; local
  3. of or relating to a topic or topics
  4. (of a drug, ointment, etc) for application to the body surface; local
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Derived Forms

  • topicality, noun
  • ˈ³Ù´Ç±è¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù´Ç±è·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of topical1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Greek ³Ù´Ç±è¾±°ì(ó²õ) “local, pertaining to commonplaces†( topo-, -ic ) + -al 1
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His comments came at a lunch with journalists on Wednesday, with Farage making a speech and taking questions on a range of topical issues.

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His topical satire show Dead Ringers is set to mark its 25th anniversary on BBC Radio 4 this year.

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I couldn’t think of some weird topical joke—nothing really mattered.

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“The White Lotus†engages with real-world issues but is not usually so bluntly topical.

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The Scottish Conservatives have submitted requests for topical, urgent and first minister's questions on the issue of single-sex spaces in the public sector.

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