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Definitions for usual
ˈyu ʒu əl, ˈyuʒ wəlusu·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. usualadjective

    That which most commonly occurs.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  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 Dictionary

  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

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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. Josh Novell:

    It's definitely not business as usual, we think we've made it as safe as we possibly can.

  2. Eric Norenberg:

    Facing an already harsher winter than usual for Delaware, this is an opportunity to get additional money to stretch our city’s limited resources.

  3. Chris Brandt:

    Over the years, Boorito has become a mainstay for Chipotle and while we cant have our usual in-person event, canceling completely was never an option for us, this year, weve introduced a virtual Boorito to help our fans celebrate and enjoy our real food from anywhere this Halloween.

  4. Otis President Philippe Delpech:

    That's not the usual profile of a service industry, there are too many accidents and the vast majority of these accidents come from units maintained by a small company. That will benefit OEMs.

  5. Peter Hotez:

    It was just open it up and then more or less business as usual, with a little bit of window dressing, this is not an abstract number of cases. Were seeing people pile into intensive care units.

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