What does Usual mean?
Definitions for Usual
ˈyu ʒu əl, ˈyuʒ wəlusu·al
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Princeton's WordNet
usualadjective
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
"grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"
common, usualadjective
commonly encountered
"a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
Wiktionary
usualadjective
That which most commonly occurs.
Etymology: From usuel, from usualis, from usus, from past participle stem of uti.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Usualadjective
Common; frequent; customary; frequently occurring.
Etymology: usuel, Fr.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. Richard Hooker, b. i.
Could I the care of Providence deserve,
Heav’n must destroy me, if it would preserve:
And that’s my fate, or sure it would have sent
Some usual evil for my punishment. Dryden.
ChatGPT
usual
Usual refers to something that is commonly or typically expected or done. It implies an action, behavior, or occurrence that is customary, familiar, or habitual in a particular context or situation.
Webster Dictionary
Usualnoun
such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Usual
ū′zhū-al, adj. in use: occurring in ordinary use: common.—adv. U′sually.—n. U′sualness. [L. usualis.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Usual' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1615
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Usual' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2689
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Usual' in Adjectives Frequency: #203
Anagrams for Usual »
luaus
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Usual in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Usual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Usual in a Sentence
Results were softer than usual, proving that even BlackRock isn't immune to a market downturn.
As part of the GOP old guard, I joined a 12 step program to wean myself from politics as usual within the Party.
It would be much more usual when you've got younger family members to start them out in positions in the company, what are they bringing to the board?
A lot of people are asking are we going to cut the project back, take something out, up to now, we're working as we have since the beginning. Our payments are being done in the contractual period. It's business as usual for us.
I stand here striking from 8am until 3pm as usual ... then I'll go home, i won't have a birthday cake but we'll have a dinner.
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- عادي, معتادArabic
- usualCatalan, Valencian
- obvyklýCzech
- sædvanligDanish
- gewöhnlich, gewGerman
- συνήθηςGreek
- usualSpanish
- معمولPersian
- tavallinenFinnish
- habituel, habituelleFrench
- iondúilIrish
- usualGalician
- सामान्यHindi
- szokásos, rendesHungarian
- սովորականArmenian
- biasaIndonesian
- solito, consueto, usualeItalian
- רָגִילHebrew
- いつもの, 通常Japanese
- ჩვეულებრივიGeorgian
- 보통의, 보통Korean
- consuetudinemLatin
- вообичаен, обиченMacedonian
- gewoon, gebruikelijkDutch
- vanligNorwegian
- zwykłyPolish
- usualPortuguese
- uzual, ca de obicei, obișnuitRomanian
- обыкновенный, обычныйRussian
- уобѝча̄јен, uobìčājenSerbo-Croatian
- vanliga, vanligSwedish
- வழக்கம்Tamil
- เช่นเคย, ธรรมดา, สามัญ, ตามปกติThai
- olağanTurkish
- звичайнийUkrainian
- ہمیشہ کی طرحUrdu
- bình thường, thường lệVietnamese
- געוויינטלעךYiddish
- 通常Chinese
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