usual
usual - English
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈjuːʒʊəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
- Hyphenation: u‧su‧al
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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Noun
usual (uncountable)
- The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
- (colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
- I'll just have the usual.
Usage notes
Sometimes colloquially shortened to the first syllable (IPA: /juːʒ/), an overwhelmingly spoken-only slang word with no single widely accepted spelling (see uzhe).
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usual - Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /uˈswal/, [uˈswal]
Adjective
usual - Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /u.zuˈal/
Adjective
usual (masculine and feminine plural usuals)
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usual - Galician
Adjective
usual m or f (plural usuais)
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usual - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /iu̯ziu̯ˈaːl/, /iu̯zuˈaːl/, /ˈiu̯ziu̯al/, /ˈiu̯zual/, /ˈiu̯zuəl/
Adjective
usual
Descendants
usual - Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üsual
Pronunciation
- IPA: /yˈzɥal/
Adjective
usual
usual - Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA: /u.zuˈaw/ [u.zʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /uˈzwaw/ [uˈzwaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA: /uˈzwal/ [uˈzwaɫ]
- Hyphenation: u‧su‧al
Adjective
usual m or f (plural usuais)
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usual - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /uˈswal/ [uˈswal]
- Syllabification: u‧sual
Adjective
usual (plural usuales)