usual
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Etymology
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
Adjective
usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)
- 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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most commonly occurring
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Noun
usual (countable and uncountable, plural usuals)
- (uncountable) The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
- (countable, colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
- I'll just have the usual.
- Two usuals, please.
Usage notes
Sometimes colloquially shortened to the first syllable (IPA(key): /juːʒ/), an overwhelmingly spoken-only slang word with no single widely accepted spelling (see uzhe).
Further reading
- “usual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “usual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Etymology
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Adjective
usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuals)
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Further reading
- “usual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “usual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “usual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “usual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ūsuālis.
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Adjective
usual m or f (plural usuais)
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Further reading
- “usual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French usuel.
Pronunciation
Adjective
usual
Descendants
References
- “ūsuā̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Alternative forms
- üsual
Pronunciation
Adjective
usual
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
usual m or f (plural usuais)
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Further reading
- “usual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Etymology
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Adjective
usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuales)
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Further reading
- “usual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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