usual
Most commonly occurring; typical.
Adjective
- 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.
- We saw as many as usual.
Synonyms: ordinary plain regular simple standard typical wonted average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen everyday frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian quotidian
Origin
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.
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as per the usual as per usual as usual business-as-usual business as usual unusual usual channels usually usualness usual office usual offices usual suspects uzhe yewzh
Noun
- The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
- A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
- I'll just have the usual.
- Two usuals, please.