Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
📋 Common or expected ⏰ Most of the time
usu.

usu.

8.7
Happens most of the time
  • other
  • Informal
translation icon : usualmente
  • I usu. eat breakfast at 7 a.m.

Examples

  • She usu. takes the bus to work.

  • You will usu. find this abbreviation in dictionaries and reference books.

  • The instructions usu. appear at the top of the page.

  • In academic writing, usu. is used to save space when noting frequency.

  • In academic writing, usu. is commonly used to indicate frequency in a concise manner.

  • The term usu. appears frequently in scholarly articles to denote typical occurrences.

  • You will usu. find this abbreviation in most reference materials and textbooks.

Synonyms

usually
vsusu.
∞ 1.0

Most of the time

is the shortened written form used instead of the full word
generally
vsusu.
∞ 1.0

Usually or in most cases

focuses on typical frequency rather than broad rules
ordinarily
vsusu.
78 3.0

In most situations

expresses general frequency rather than focusing on normal conditions
freq
vsusu.
  • Informal
9.1

Often or many times

means in most cases rather than merely many separate occasions

How Often

always
∞ 1.0
usu.
  • Informal
8.7
often
∞ 1.0
occasionally
438 2.0
rarely
539 1.0
never
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

usu. main

Etymology

Usu. is a short form of usually, which means 'most of the time', so in instructions or notes usu. tells you something happens in most cases and is used to save space.