{
    "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’."
}