usual

usual - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈjuːʒʊəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
  • Hyphenation: u‧su‧al

Adjective

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

usual (uncountable)

  1. The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
  2. (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 (epicene, plural usuales)

  1. common, typical, usual

usual - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /u.zuˈal/

Adjective

usual (masculine and feminine plural usuals)

  1. usual

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usual - Galician

Adjective

usual m or f (plural usuais)

  1. usual, regular, normal

Derived terms

usual - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /iu̯ziu̯ˈaːl/, /iu̯zuˈaːl/, /ˈiu̯ziu̯al/, /ˈiu̯zual/, /ˈiu̯zuəl/

Adjective

usual

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

Descendants

usual - Piedmontese

Alternative forms

  • üsual

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /yˈzɥal/

Adjective

usual

  1. 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)

  1. usual (most commonly occurring)

Derived terms

usual - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /uˈswal/ [uˈswal]
  • Syllabification: u‧sual

Adjective

usual (plural usuales)

  1. usual

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of usual
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