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{
"term": "usual",
"partOfSpeech": "adjectivenoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "that happens or is done most of the time or in most cases",
"sensetop": "usual for somebody/somethingit is usual to do somethingit is usual for somebody/something to do somethingusual in somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is the usual way of doing it."
},
{
"text": "He came home later than usual."
},
{
"text": "He didn't sound like **his usual** happy **self**."
},
{
"text": "She sat in her usual seat at the back."
},
{
"text": "They asked me why I wanted the job and why I thought I was suitable—you know, the usual thing."
},
{
"text": "You need to enter all the usual stuff—name, address, credit card details."
},
{
"text": "Our usual practice is to ask for references from previous employers."
},
{
"text": "She made all the usual excuses."
},
{
"text": "This weather is not usual for this time of year.",
"contextForm": "usual for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "It is usual to start a speech by thanking everybody for coming.",
"contextForm": "it is usual to do something"
},
{
"text": "It is not usual for a head of government to attend a meeting like this.",
"contextForm": "it is usual for somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "This kind of behaviour is far from usual in children of this age.",
"contextForm": "usual in somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "It's usual for the man to propose marriage."
},
{
"text": "It's very usual for people to leave books and papers behind."
},
{
"text": "The metal can then be painted in the usual way."
},
{
"text": "He was sitting in his usual chair by the window."
},
{
"text": "It is usual for the employer to pay the costs."
},
{
"text": "She arrived at the usual time."
}
],
"synonyms": "normal",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become"],
"adverb": ["quite", "very", "far from"],
"preposition": ["for"],
"phrases": ["as per usual", "as usual", "like usual"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "what usually happens; what you usually have, especially the drink that you usually have",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in the way that is normal or usual; as often happens",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Everyone blamed me as per usual."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in the same way as what happens most of the time or in most cases",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Steve, as usual, was the last to arrive."
},
{
"text": "As usual at that hour, the place was deserted."
},
{
"text": "Despite her problems, she carried on working as usual."
},
{
"text": "Despite the problems staff arrived for work as usual."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a way of saying that things will continue as normal despite a difficult situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's business as usual at the factory, even while investigators sift through the bomb wreckage."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the people you would usually expect to do something or be included in something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She thanked all the usual suspects in her acceptance speech: her family, the director, the cast and the crew."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːʒuəl//ˈjuːʒəl/",
"audio": "us/usual/usual__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːʒuəl//ˈjuːʒəl/",
"audio": "us/usual/usual__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin usualis, from Latin usus ‘a use’, from uti ‘to use’."
}