usual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

   grew the usual vegetables

2. 2
   adj

   Most commonly occurring; typical.

   The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.

3. 3
   noun

   A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.

   I'll just have the usual.

4. 4
   adj

   commonly encountered

5. 5
   noun

   The typical state of something, or something that is typical.

Etymology

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.