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Webster 1913 Edition

Usual

U′su-al

,
Adj.
[L.
usualis
, from
usus
use: cf. F.
usuel
. See
Use
,
Noun.
]
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very
usual
and frequent in their times.
Hooker.
We can make friends of these
usual
enemies.
Baxter.
–
U′su-al-ly
,
adv.
–
U′su-al-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Usual

U'SUAL

,
Adj.
s as z. Customary; common; frequent; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events. Rainy weather is not usual in this climate.
Consultation with oracles was formerly a thing very usual.

Definition 2024

usual

usual

English

Adjective

usual ‎(comparative more usual, superlative most usual)

  1. most commonly occurring
    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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External links

  • usual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • usual in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Most common English words before 1923: goes · youth · sudden · #723: usual · entirely · system · sister

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Catalan

Adjective

usual m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural usuals)

  1. usual

Galician

Adjective

usual m, f (plural usuais)

  1. usual, regular, normal

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Portuguese

Adjective

usual m, f ‎(plural usuais, comparable)

  1. usual (most commonly occurring)

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Spanish

Adjective

usual m, f ‎(plural usuales)

  1. usual

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Etymology

From Old French usuel, from Latin usualis ‎(“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from usus ‎(“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of uti ‎(“to use”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːʒuəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
  • Hyphenation: u‧su‧al

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