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usual

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- (“to take along, fetch”). Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċ.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuːʒʊəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjuːʒuəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: u‧su‧al

Adjective

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usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)

  1. Most commonly occurring; typical.
    The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
    It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.

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Noun

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usual (countable and uncountable, plural usuals)

  1. (uncountable) The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
  2. (countable, colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
    I'll just have the usual.
    Two usuals, please.

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Sometimes colloquially shortened to the first syllable (IPA(key): /juːʒ/), an overwhelmingly spoken-only slang word with no single widely accepted spelling (see uzhe).

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin ūsuālis.

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  • IPA(key): /uˈswal/, [uˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: u‧sual

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usual (epicene, plural usuales)

  1. common, typical, usual

Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin ūsuālis.

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usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuals)

  1. usual
    Antonym: inusual

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin ūsuālis.

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  • IPA(key): /uˈswal/ [uˈs̺wɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: u‧sual

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usual m or f (plural usuais)

  1. usual, regular, normal

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Middle English

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From Old French usuel.

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  • IPA(key): /iu̯ziu̯ˈaːl/, /iu̯zuˈaːl/, /ˈiu̯ziu̯al/, /ˈiu̯zual/, /ˈiu̯zuəl/

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usual

  1. customary, established
  2. usual, normal, regular

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  • English: usual
  • Scots: usual, uswal, eeswal

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Piedmontese

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usual

  1. usual

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin ūsuālis.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.zuˈaw/ [u.zʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /uˈzwaw/ [uˈzwaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: u‧su‧al

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usual m or f (plural usuais)

  1. usual (most commonly occurring)
    Antonym: inusual

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Borrowed from Latin ūsuālis.

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usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuales)

  1. usual
    Antonym: inusual

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