USAGE


Meaning of USAGE in English

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 ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .