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[ adjective ] occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
Examples "grew the usual vegetables" "the usual summer heat" "came at the usual time" "the child's usual bedtime" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The conversation of the characters creates an atmosphere suggesting the usual mixture of pleasures , foibles , irritations , and concerns which would characterize the common life of a normal village in any age . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)We may then dismiss the time difference between these courses and the usual four year course of the interior_design student as not having serious bearing on the subject . One or two of the schools have a five year curriculum , but the usual pattern of American education has limited most of them to the four year plan which seems to be the minimum in acceptable institutions . The suggested course of the A.I.D. was based on the usual course offered and on the opinion of many educators as to curricular necessities . We must build a corps of highly professional teachers of interior_design who have had education , experience in the profession and are willing to take_on the usual accompaniments of teaching - minimal income and minimal status among their confreres . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] commonly encountered
Synonyms Examples "a common (or familiar) complaint" "the usual greeting" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)And even if they stay in resorts part of the time , they might , if the right salesman gets them in tow , develop a yearning to spice the usual vacation fare with a camping trip into the wide open spaces . (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)Large apartment_buildings of masonry or concrete provide better natural shelter than the usual family dwellings . Related terms |
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