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In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.
Julian Barnes

Meaning of "usual" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD USUAL

From Late Latin ūsuālis ordinary, from Latin ūsususe.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF USUAL

usual  [ˈjuːʒʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF USUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Usual can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES USUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of usual in the English dictionary

The definition of usual in the dictionary is of the most normal, frequent, or regular type; customary. Other definition of usual is ordinary or commonplace events.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH USUAL


actual
ˈæktʃʊəl
annual
ˈænjʊəl
casual
ˈkæʒjʊəl
fuel
fjʊəl
homosexual
ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl
individual
ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəl
intellectual
ˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəl
Joel
ˈdʒəʊəl
manual
ˈmænjʊəl
noncasual
ˌnɒnˈkæʒʊəl
nonindividual
ˌnɒnˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒʊəl
Samuel
ˈsæmjʊəl
sexual
ˈsɛksjʊəl
spiritual
ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl
superindividual
ˌsuːpərˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒʊəl
televisual
ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒʊəl
ultracasual
ˌʌltrəˈkæʒʊəl
unusual
ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl
virtual
ˈvɜːtʃʊəl
visual
ˈvɪʒʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE USUAL

usu.
usually
usualness
usucapient
usucapion
usucapt
usucaptible
usucaption
usufruct
usufructuary
Usumbura
usure
usurer
usuress
usuries
usurious
usuriously
usuriousness
usurous
usurp

WORDS THAT END LIKE USUAL

as per usual
audiovisual
business casual
censual
consensual
dressy casual
fast casual
hypersensual
nonconsensual
nonvisual
processual
pursual
sensual
subvisual
supersensual
the usual
tissual
ultrasensual

Synonyms and antonyms of usual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «USUAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «usual» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of usual

Translation of «usual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF USUAL

Find out the translation of usual to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of usual from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «usual» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

通常的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

usual
570 millions of speakers

English

usual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हमेशा की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُعْتاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обычный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চলিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

habituel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

üblich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

普通の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보통의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biasane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thông thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழக்கமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेहमीच्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olağan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

solito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwykły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звичайний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obișnuit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνηθισμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gewone
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vanlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of usual

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «USUAL»

The term «usual» is very widely used and occupies the 4.248 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «USUAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «usual» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «usual» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about usual

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10 QUOTES WITH «USUAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word usual.
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.
2
Russell Baker
Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna in a Burberry trench coat, speaking a dozen languages to dangerous women, narrowly escaping Sardinian bandits - the usual stuff that newspaper dreams are made of.
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Julian Barnes
In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.
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Dave Brubeck
And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into.
5
Francine Busby
Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.
6
Simon Callow
You could say Shakespeare is so extraordinary precisely because he was so ordinary. He had all the usual anxieties and understandings of what it is to have children, lose children, get married, struggle to make a living and so on.
7
Georges Clemenceau
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
8
Matt de la Pena
A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and creative writing. It's not always the usual suspects either, the high achievers.
9
Patrick Ewing
Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court - that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
10
Tom Freston
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USUAL»

Discover the use of usual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to usual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The End of Business As Usual: Rewire the Way You Work to ...
While other businesses will fall to digital Darwinism, your business will evolve and thrive. This is the end of business as usual and the beginning of a new era of relevance.
Brian Solis, 2011
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Screw Business As Usual
By that I mean that doing good is good for business. "Doing the right thing can be profitable. I will show how this works step by step in the following pages. It's the core message of this book.
Richard Branson, 2011
3
Politics as Usual: What Lies Behind the Pro-Poor Rhetoric
Pogge's new book presents an alternative view: Poverty and oppression persist on a massive scale; political and economic inequalities are rising dramatically both intra-nationally and globally.
Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge, 2010
4
Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great ...
In short, this book is about getting to a state of “innovation as usual,” where regular employees—in jobs like finance, marketing, sales, or operations—make innovation happen in a way that’s both systemic and sustainable.
Paddy Miller, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, 2013
5
The Usual Rules: A Novel
This is a story about the ties of siblings, about children who lose their parents, parents who lose their children, and the unexpected ways they sometimes find one another again.
Joyce Maynard, 2004
6
Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from ...
This engaging book reveals Benjamin Franklin’s human side—his tastes and habits, his enthusiasms, and his devotion to democracy and the people of the United States.
Benjamin Franklin, Edmund S. Morgan, 2007
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Business as Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown
"A co-publication with the Social Science Research Council."
Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi M. Derluguian, 2011
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The usual suspects
In a wide-ranging study Larsen examines The Usual Suspects' sophisticated narrative structure and the new spin it puts on older genre conventions and themes.
Ernest Larsen, 2002
9
Politics as usual: the cyberspace "revolution"
But will such changes occur? In this fascinating book Michael Margolis and David Resnick ponder the effects of cyberspace on American Politics.
Michael Margolis, David Resnick, 2000
10
Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global ...
How far will they push? The Organization of the Islamic Conference works to Islamize international human rights laws and apply Sharia "standards" for blasphemy to all nations. The penalty for blasphemy? Death.
Nonie Darwish, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term usual is used in the context of the following news items.
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City centre traders expect it to be business as usual
KUALA LUMPUR: Businesses in the city centre where a rally is said to take place today will operate as usual. Malaysia Retail Chain Association vice-president ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
2
Burlington Transit service continues as usual Monday
“I am pleased to share that Burlington's transit service, including Handi-Van, will continue as usual,” said Burlington Mayor Rick Goldring. “I want to thank city ... «InsideHalton.com, Jul 15»
3
SDCC: The Usual Suspects comic to explore Keyser Soze's origin
Red 5 Comics and Bad Hat Harry Productions has announced that it is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects with a new series of comics ... «Flickering Myth, Jul 15»
4
Knoxville owner says it's "business as usual" despite IRS probe
"Beyond that, it's business as usual for us. We're focused on making, marketing and selling American-made products and bringing great apparel manufacturing ... «WVLT, Jun 15»
5
Baseball umpire Dale Scott: It's been business as usual since …
Out Major League Baseball umpire Dale Scott says he has encountered no homophobia since coming out publicly. In December, Mr Scott spoke to Outsports ... «PinkNews, Jun 15»
6
Weekend Seattle traffic expected to be worse than usual
Road repair and partial highway closures are expected to make this weekend's traffic in Seattle worse than usual. The Seattle Times reports ... «KIRO Seattle, Jun 15»
7
Q&A: Meteorologist expects warmer, drier start to summer than usual
Down in the lowlands, you probably saw it where you live, trees foliating earlier than usual. Basically the life cycle of a lot of plants started earlier than usual. «TheNewsTribune.com, May 15»
8
New owner: Business 'as usual' at Madison Square Mall while firm …
Business will continue "as usual" at Madison Square Mall in Huntsville as its new owner begins planning the redevelopment of the nearly 31-year-old shopping ... «AL.com, May 15»
9
Fearing bad fire season, Washington preps earlier than usual
Washington state officials fear another bad wildfire season this year, and they're preparing for it earlier than usual. The Columbian newspaper of Vancouver ... «The Seattle Times, Apr 15»
10
PTC Alliance Emphasizes Business As Usual After Chapter 11 Filing …
Our vendors will continue to be paid in normal course, and we continue to order and receive steel for our plants as usual. Employees, vendors and customers ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»

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