usual
//ˈjuː.ʒʊəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more usual
- Superlative
- most usual
- Plural
- usuals
Definitions
1.Most commonly occurring; typical.
- It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.
- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
- We saw as many as usual.
1.The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
2.A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.(colloquial)
- I'll just have the usual.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2478
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).