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.
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.]
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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 »
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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
Arizonans will not have to re-register to vote. It will be business as usual for 99.9% of Arizona voters, this only effects a very small percentage of total voters, and even then, we actually grandfathered in all of those individuals who are already registered to vote that have some form of proof of citizenship on file.
Ebola is turning a basic human reaction like comforting a sick child into a potential death sentence, we cannot respond to a crisis of this nature and this scale in the usual ways. We need more courage, more creativity, and far, far more resources.
I must confess it is an off-label administration basically, as usual, we are testing it on our employees.
If I didn’t release this, the Loveland Police’s toxic culture of arrogance and entitlement, along with their horrific abuse of the vulnerable and powerless, would carry on, business as usual. I won’t be a part of that.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:
In recent years the Republican leader and Republican senators have done everything possible to grind the will of the government to a halt, but now we're seeing something from the Republican leader that is far worse than his usual brand of obstruction. We're seeing an unprecedented attempt to hold hostage an entire branch of government.
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Translations for usual
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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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