noun
1 way/amount that sth is used
ADJECTIVE
▪ heavy , high
▪
high energy ~
▪ low
▪ normal
▪
With normal ~, the equipment should last at least five years.
▪ increased
▪ widespread
▪ drug
▪
Drug ~ by teenagers has increased in recent years.
▪ electricity , energy , fuel , power , water
▪ computer , email , Internet , Web
▪ cellphone ( AmE ), mobile-phone ( BrE )
▪ condom
VERB + USAGE
▪ increase
▪ reduce
▪ restrict
▪ monitor , track
▪ measure
USAGE + VERB
▪ go up , grow , increase
▪ drop , go down
USAGE + NOUN
▪ pattern
▪ level , rate
▪ data , information
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
Usage of computers in schools is increasing.
2 way that words are used
ADJECTIVE
▪ common , everyday , general , normal , ordinary , popular
▪
That word is no longer in common ~.
▪ contemporary , current , modern
▪
a book on current English ~
▪ actual
▪
Actual ~ of the word is different from the meaning given in the dictionary.
▪ correct , proper
▪ American , English , etc.
▪ language , linguistic , word
▪ colloquial
▪ figurative
VERB + USAGE
▪ come into , enter
▪
The term ‘ecotourism’ entered common ~ in the 1990s.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The word has a slightly different meaning in popular ~.
PHRASES
▪ pattern of ~
▪
Dictionaries show typical patterns of ~.