popular usage

collocation in English

meaningsofpopularandusage

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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usage
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/us
/ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
the way a particular word in a language, or a language in general, ...
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(Definition ofpopularandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpopular usage

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Suchpopularusageis more effective than formal religious discourse.
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My usage of ' abstract ' here as simply the antonym to ' concrete ' is in line with contemporarypopularusagerather than early modern technical usage.
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Even serious linguists still show occasional embarrassment or coyness in dealing with the subject, and morepopularusagein the public media is distinctly self-conscious and often brash.
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Here he is using the term 'muscle memory' as an artistic metaphor, which, interestingly, is still inpopularusage.
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There exists apopularusagein which 'dialect' means 'countrified', 'rustic', 'uneducated', 'inferior'.
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Both terms were used today and are inpopularusage.
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That word has perhaps gone out ofpopularusagelately.
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Popularusageeventually formulates its own titles.
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Apopularusageis at the end of a transaction.
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To achieve widespread acceptance, this encapsulation was based onpopularusage.
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These specific definitions vary somewhat from thepopularusageof the words.
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However, by the early 20th century, any vestiges ofpopularusageof this style had declined.
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Inpopularusage, the first meaning predominates and the second is poorly understood.
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Otherwise, the term has achieved very littlepopularusagein any context.
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Inpopularusage, some of the larger kinds of exoskeletons are known as shells.
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He proposed inflexional affixes to the ma-infinitive, but only some of them entered intopopularusage.
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Since the late 1960s, various other terms have been more widespread inpopularusage.
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As a result of the nomenclature confusion, they often retain a previous name inpopularusage.
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Nowadays pitmatic is an uncommon term inpopularusage.
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Inpopularusage, however, a schema document is often referred to as a schema.
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