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# usual

adjective (usual, more usual); noun phrase (as usual)

«usual» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Usual means what normally happens or what is done most of the time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#m1)
2. As usual means in the same way as always. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, «as usual» tells the reader a habit, and «unusual» marks something strange that may matter to the plot. In everyday life it describes routines: the usual bus, the usual time. In maths and science, «than usual» compares with the normal amount: colder than usual. Phrases: as usual, than usual, the usual, business as usual.

### Examples

- I will meet you at the usual place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x1)
- As usual, Tom was late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x2)
- It is colder than usual today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x3)
- We had the usual cereal for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x4)
- The shop is closed earlier than usual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x5)
- Is it usual for owls to fly in the daytime? No, it is unusual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x6)
- Lunch is at the usual time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x7)
- She smiled, as usual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x8)
- ‘Do not forget your usual good custom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/#x9)

### Note

Opposite: unusual. Adverb: usually. Say «as usual», not «as usually». Spelled with one l at the end.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah, "mothers" is a special name for the three letters Alef, Mem and Shin. Grammarians use the same word differently for the letters that stand for vowels. In the primary lessons: In stories, «as usual» tells the reader a habit, and «unusual» marks something strange that may matter to the plot. In everyday life it describes routines: the usual bus, the usual time. In maths and science, «than usual» compares with the normal amount: colder than usual. Phrases: as usual, than usual, the usual, business as usual.

### Examples

- Adun or Adon, or Adonai, ADNI, are commonly translated L(?yi; Eliun, OLIUN, is the more usual form of " the most high one." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/usual/#x1)
- In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/usual/#x2)

### Note

Opposite: unusual. Adverb: usually. Say «as usual», not «as usually». Spelled with one l at the end.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «usual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usual/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«usual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usual.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «usual» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/usual/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«usual» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/usual.html) on Mova free.