usual
US /ˈjuʒəwəl/
adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The meeting will start at the usual time in the main office.
Word Family
Synonyms
- normalsomething regarded as a normative example
- customaryin accordance with convention or custom
- habitualcommonly used or practiced; usual
Collocations
- Easy as usualdescribing as usual (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
- Medium return to the usual business scheduleto return to the usual business schedule, meaning to go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- Hard depart from the usual diplomatic protocolto depart from the usual diplomatic protocol, meaning to move away from a place into another direction
- Very Hard business as usual while the empire crumblesdescribing business as usual while the empire crumbles (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
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