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as usual

as usual

317 1.0
In the normal way people expect in that situation
  • idiom
translation icon : como siempre
  • I'm going to be late as usual, and thanks for watching.
  • business as usual
  • continue as usual
  • practice as usual

So OK, there'll be a new homework problem as usual on Thursday, So.

Examples

  • So we're going to start as usual with the TLDR.

  • We're open as usual tomorrow.

    Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)

  • And yeah, as usual, thanks so much for watching.

  • And yeah, as usual, I love you guys so, so much.

  • So in the end, as usual, it's all about money.

  • As usual, I should have listened to you.

    2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)

  • As usual, we gave him the 2701.

    Emmanuelle (2024)

  • A delightful sermon, as usual.

    Wuthering Heights (1970)

  • The pain had set in earlier in the day, and as usual, he had borne it in silence.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I'm running late as usual because of traffic.

Synonyms

normally
vsas usual
884 1.0

In the usual way that people expect

has identical meaning and is used the same way
ordinarily
vsas usual
78 3.0

In most situations

focuses more on what is typical for a person or situation
as a rule
vsas usual
28 2.8

Usually in most cases

refers more to typical behaviour in a situation than to a general rule
par for the course
vsas usual
  • Informal
14 4.7

A normal thing to expect in a situation

is a neutral statement of expected manner without negative tone

Antonyms

unusual
∞ 2.2

Not common and different from what people expect

unexpectedly
99 2.3

Happening without any warning

How Typical

always
∞ 1.0
as usual
317 1.0
sometimes
∞ 1.0
occasionally
438 2.0
rarely
539 1.0
never
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

as usual positive

Morphology

as + usual

The meaning 'in the same way as is normal or expected' is directly compositional from 'as' (a comparative/relational marker) plus 'usual' (regular, typical), so the phrase simply means 'in the usual way.' This pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'como de costumbre', French 'comme d'habitude') and thus predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

As usual comes from everyday routines and habits, where the word usual means something that happens often. So when people say as usual they mean 'in the normal or expected way'.