Phrase guide

as usual

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

As is usually the case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: as per usual, generally, typically, usually, normally, most of the time

Antonyms: unusually, unprecedentedly, surprisingly

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in the usual manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • as usual, she arrived late

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Ellipsis of as is usual.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: si zakonisht — as is usually the case
  • Arabic: كَالْعَادَة (ka-l-ʕāda) — as is usually the case
  • Belarusian: як звыча́йна (jak zvyčájna) — as is usually the case
  • Catalan: com de costum — as is usually the case
  • Chinese Mandarin: 照常 (zhàocháng) — as is usually the case
  • Dutch: zoals gewoonlijk — as is usually the case
  • Esperanto: kiel kutime — as is usually the case
  • Finnish: kuten tavallista — as is usually the case
  • French: comme d'habitude — as is usually the case
  • French: comme d'hab — as is usually the case
  • French: comme d'ordinaire — as is usually the case
  • French: comme de coutume — as is usually the case
  • German: wie üblich — as is usually the case
  • German: wie gewöhnlich — as is usually the case
  • Greek: ως συνήθως (os syníthos) — as is usually the case
  • Hebrew: כָּרָגִיל (karagíl) — as is usually the case
  • Icelandic: að venju — as is usually the case
  • Icelandic: eins og vant er — as is usually the case
  • Italian: come al solito — as is usually the case
  • Japanese: いつものように (itsumo no yō ni) — as is usually the case
  • Japanese: 平常通り (heijōdōri) — as is usually the case
  • Japanese: 例の如く (rei no godoku) — as is usually the case
  • Korean: 평소처럼 (pyeongsocheoreom) — as is usually the case
  • Korean: 평상시처럼 (pyeongsangsicheoreom) — as is usually the case
  • Korean: 늘 그렇듯 (neul geureoteut) — as is usually the case
  • Norwegian Bokmål: som vanlig — as is usually the case
  • Old English: swā ġewunelīċ — as is usually the case
  • Persian: طبق معمول (tebq-e ma'mul) — as is usually the case
  • Polish: jak zwykle — as is usually the case
  • Polish: jak zazwyczaj — as is usually the case
  • Portuguese: como de costume — as is usually the case
  • Portuguese: como sempre — as is usually the case
  • Romanian: ca de obicei — as is usually the case
  • Russian: как обы́чно (kak obýčno) — as is usually the case
  • Spanish: como de costumbre — as is usually the case
  • Spanish: como siempre — as is usually the case
  • Spanish: como es habitual — as is usually the case
  • Spanish: para variar — as is usually the case
  • Spanish: como es usual — as is usually the case
  • Swedish: som vanligt — as is usually the case
  • Tamil: வழக்கம்போல (vaḻakkampōla) — as is usually the case
  • Ukrainian: як звича́йно (jak zvyčájno) — as is usually the case
  • Welsh: fel arfer — as is usually the case