usual
adjEtymology
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.
Definitions
Most commonly occurring
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.
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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at usual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at usual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at usual
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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