practical usage

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalandusage

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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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 ofpracticalandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In that sense we resist the charge of isolationism, of analytically ignoring relations between things or of disregarding the dynamics of practice andpracticalusage.
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As a matter of fact, in both disciplines observingpracticalusageis at the heart of the methodological approaches.
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Inpracticalusage, trialand-error is the most likely method for discovering compositionally useful patterns.
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Modern historians might learn a great deal about thepracticalusageof this method from cultural and social anthropologists, who realized its potential long ago.
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There is, however,practicalusageand custom.
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Beyond itspracticalusage, the yad ensures that the parchment is not touched during the reading.
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The first steamships came intopracticalusageduring the early 1800s, however there were isolated cases to the exception that came before.
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As such, the content tended to focus less on the technical aspects of telegraph/teletype operations and more onpracticalusagein an office environment.
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The abandonment of women's praenomina over time was more the result ofpracticalusagethan a deliberate process.
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She encouraged learning through experimentation,practicalusage, and community discussion.
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They are formed with single or double uses of the auxiliary verb -ba-, "to be", but inpracticalusageare abbreviated further.
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Among other things he put the main emphasis not just on advertising but onpracticalusage.
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Driven by the widepracticalusageof orders, numerous special kinds of ordered sets have been defined, some of which have grown into mathematical fields of their own.
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However, inpracticalusageit commonly refers to the traditional practices developed within specific ethnic cultures, especially those aspects of culture that have been practiced since ancient times.
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Inpracticalusagewords formed with the suffix "-ul" person are ambiguous, sometimes used with a masculine meaning in the singular, but generally neutral in the plural.
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