Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - usual
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~ adj 1 the same as what happens most of the time or in most situations (I'll meet you at the usual time. | Gina was her usual cheerful self. | it is unusual for sb to do sth) (Is it usual for lectures to start so early? | better/more etc than usual) (It seemed colder than usual in the house.) 2 as usual in the way that happens or exists most of the time (As usual, they'd left the children at home with Susan.) 3 as per usual spoken used to say that something bad that often happens has just happened again (Matthew was drunk as per usual.) 4 the usual spoken the drink that you usually have
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Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Usual is used to describe what happens or what is done most often in a particular situation. It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems... She’s smiling her usual friendly smile... After lunch there was a little more clearing up to do than usual... It is usual to tip waiters, porters, guides and drivers. = normal ADJ: det ADJ, v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf • Usual is also a noun. The stout barman in a bow tie presented himself to take their order. ‘Good morning, sir. The usual?’ N-SING: the N 2. You use as usual to indicate that you are describing something that normally happens or that is normally the case. As usual there will be the local and regional elections on June the twelfth... The front pages are, as usual, a mixture of domestic and foreign news. PHRASE: PHR with cl 3. If something happens as usual, it happens in the way that it normally does, especially when other things have changed. When somebody died everything went on as usual, as if it had never happened... PHRASE: PHR after v 4. business as usual: see business ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French usuel, from Late Latin ~is, from Latin usus use Date: 14th century 1. accordant with usage, custom, or habit ; normal 2. commonly or ordinarily used followed his ~ route 3. found in ordinary practice or in the ordinary course of events ; ordinary • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, customary, habitual, wonted, accustomed mean familiar through frequent or regular repetition. ~ stresses the absence of strangeness or unexpectedness my ~ order for lunch. customary applies to what accords with the practices, conventions, or usages of an individual or community the customary waiting period before the application is approved. habitual suggests a practice settled or established by much repetition a habitual morning routine. wonted stresses habituation but ~ly applies to what is favored, sought, or purposefully cultivated his wonted determination. accustomed is less emphatic than wonted or habitual in suggesting fixed habit or invariable custom accepted the compliment with her accustomed modesty. II. noun Date: 1589 something ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 such as commonly occurs, or is observed or done; customary, habitual (the usual formalities; it is usual to tip them; forgot my keys as usual). 2 (prec. by the, my, etc.) colloq. a person's usual drink etc. Derivatives usually adv. usualness n. Etymology: ME f. OF usual, usuel or LL usualis (as USE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) всегдашний 2) обычный 3) привычный in the usual sense — в обычном понимании in the usual way — обычным способом usual inner product — стандартное внутреннее произведение - usual metric - usual orientation - usual topology ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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прил. 1) обыкновенный, обычный 2) стандартный • - as usual Syn: standard, customary, ordinary ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. то, что обычно принято говорить, делать to be out of the usual —- быть из ряда вон выходящим 2. обыкновенный, обычный the usual terms —- обычные условия he said all the usual things —- он сказал все, что принято говорить as usual —- как обычно he is drunk as usual —- он, по обыкновению, пьян as is usual with that sort of people —- как водится у такого рода личностей it is usual with him to be late —- он, как правило, опаздывает he came later than usual —- он пришел позже, чем обычно that is not usual here —- это здесь не принято ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. обыкновенный, обычный - as usual - the usual thing Syn: accustomed, common, conventional, customary, habitual, ordinary, regular, wonted Ant: occasional, specific, unparalleled, unusual 2. noun (the usual) = the usual thing [см. usual 1. ] ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from O.Fr. usuel, from L.L. usualis "ordinary," from L. usus "custom" (see use). The adv. form usually is attested from 1477. The usual suspects is from a line delivered by Claude Rains (as a Fr. police inspector) in "Casablanca" (1942). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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