usual

usual
[[t]ju͟ːʒuəl[/t]]
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1) ADJ: det ADJ, v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf Usual is used to describe what happens or what is done most often in a particular situation.

It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems...

She's smiling her usual friendly smile...

After lunch there was a little more clearing up to do than usual...

We've had more press coverage in the last three weeks than in the usual three years...

It is usual to tip waiters, porters, guides and drivers.

N-SING: the N
Usual is also a noun.

The stout barman in a bow tie presented himself to take their order. `Good morning, sir. The usual?'

2) PHRASE: PHR with cl You use as usual to indicate that you are describing something that normally happens or that is normally the case.

As usual there will be the local and regional elections on June the twelfth...

The front pages are, as usual, a mixture of domestic and foreign news.

3) PHRASE: PHR after v If something happens as usual, it happens in the way that it normally does, especially when other things have changed.

When somebody died everything went on as usual, as if it had never happened...

With medication, life at home goes on as usual.

Syn:
as normal
4) business as usualsee business

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • usual — usual, customary, habitual, wonted, accustomed can mean familiar through frequent or regular repetition. Usual stresses the absence of strangeness and is applicable to whatever is normally expected or happens in the ordinary course of events… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • usual — [yo͞o′zhə wəl, yo͞ozh′wəl] adj. [ME < MFr < LL usualis < L usus: see USE] such as is in common or ordinary use; such as is most often seen, heard, used, etc.; common; ordinary; customary SYN. NORMAL as usual in the usual way usually adv …   English World dictionary

  • usual — I adjective abundant, accepted, accustomed, acknowledged, average, banal, casual, characteristic, characterless, colorless, common, commonplace, conformable, conforming, consistent, consuetudinal, consuetudinary, conventional, current, customary …   Law dictionary

  • Usual — U su*al, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See {Use}, n.] Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common. [1913 Webster] Consultation with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • usual — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. usuel (late 13c.), from L.L. usualis ordinary, from L. usus custom (see USE (Cf. use)). The usual suspects is from a line delivered by Claude Rains (as a French police inspector) in Casablanca (1942) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • usual — [adj] common, typical accepted, accustomed, average, chronic, commonplace, constant, conventional, current, customary, cut and dried*, everyday, expected, familiar, fixed, frequent, garden variety*, general, grind, habitual, mainstream, matter of …   New thesaurus

  • usual — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ habitually or typically occurring or done. ► NOUN informal 1) the drink someone habitually prefers. 2) the thing which is typically done or present. DERIVATIVES usually adverb. ORIGIN Latin usualis, from usus a use …   English terms dictionary

  • usual — u|su|al W2S2 [ˈju:ʒuəl, ˈju:ʒəl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: usualis, from Latin usus; USE1] 1.) happening, done, or existing most of the time or in most situations ▪ Make a cheese sauce in the usual way. ▪ I ll meet you at the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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