Definitions for Usual
ˈyu ʒu əl, ˈyuʒ wəlusu·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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"

2. common, usualadjective

   commonly encountered

   "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. usualadjective

   That which most commonly occurs.

2. Etymology: From usuel, from usualis, from usus, from past participle stem of uti.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Usual

   ū′zhū-al, adj. in use: occurring in ordinary use: common.—adv. U′sually.—n. U′sualness. [L. usualis.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Usual' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1615

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Usual' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2689

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Usual' in Adjectives Frequency: #203

Anagrams for Usual »

1. luaus

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Usual in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Usual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Usual in a Sentence

1. Leonid Volkov:

   We'll go ahead anyway and we'll work as usual.

2. Stephen Jay Gould:

   [L]ife shows no trend to complexity in the usual sense—only an asymmetrical expansion of diversity around a starting point constrained to be simple.”

3. Rory McIlroy:

   I did what I needed to do against Brandt Snedeker on Thursday today. I felt like I played very solid tee to green and made a few birdies so that's nice, the match tomorrow, it's win or go home so it's back to the usual format and I'm looking forward to it.

4. Amy Klobuchar:

   They're counting the votes, but as usual, I think we have exceeded expectations, i always note that a lot of people didn't even think that I would still be standing at this point.

5. Jeff Kofman:

   Due to slow and measured way of speaking, President Trump has a far lower total word count than usual for a politician ; 380 for this sample, where the average across all speakers is 486, additionally, President Trump has a tendency to swallow some of the prefixes and suffixes of President Trump words ; for example, the word ‘ incredible ’ in the phrase ‘ That's something. And I'm honored by your incredible support and grateful for your commitment to our shared cause ’ was rendered as ‘ credible,' Kofman went on to say. Nancy Pelosi came in last among the 15 politicians, with a 96.01 percent accuracy, according to Trint's findings. Kofman added that the accuracy can also be affected simply by recording quality – which has nothing to do with person’s speech patterns. For example, some errors occurred because the Trint system missed words that were spoken away from the microphone.

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