current usage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcurrentandusage
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current
adjective
uk/ˈkʌr.ənt/us/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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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 ofcurrentandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcurrent usage
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There is a certainly a degree of woolliness in thecurrentusageof transnationalism.
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Incurrentusage, it is common to call all such inferences inductive.
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Theircurrentusage, however, is ascribed to the colloquial.
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However, the general path of change is similar enough, and thecurrentusageoverlaps to such an extent, that we can treat them together as a class.
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Where meanings have changed, or terms have been borrowed from other disciplines, the mostcurrentusageis indicated.
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To confine the term to instances of strong consensus would require a marked revision ofcurrentusage.
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We could determinecurrentusagemore accurately by searching some of the corpora that are now publicly available.
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The existing variation betweencurrentusageand the textbook rules already causes quite enough difficulties for teachers and examiners.
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Linguistic changes that were originally thought extreme have become part ofcurrentusageand indeed of government policy.
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Its status as a sentence of the court more closely reflects itscurrentusage.
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Information aboutcurrentusagecan be obtained from individual medical schools.
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Both are current payments forcurrentusageof housing facilities.
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It is current payment orcurrentusageof the same kind of facilities—namely, housing.
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Is this nowcurrentusagein lieu of the words "overriding"or"overruling"?
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At thecurrentusagerate, we have at least 50 years of reserves.
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To use a phrase that is incurrentusagetoday, it seems to me that the commercial and industrial fall-out of knowledge should be spread as widely as possible.
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That reluctance is illustrated by the fact that whereas a few years ago a milk bottle was used on average 40 times, thecurrentusagefigure is about 25 times.
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Both are current payments forcurrentusage.
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He will make a judgment about fares if he knows thecurrentusageand costs of operating that line.
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This descriptor has the advantage of pointing out thecurrentusageof languages.
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