everyday usage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeverydayandusage
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everyday
adjective
uk/ˈev.ri.deɪ/us/ˈev.ri.deɪ/
ordinary, typical, ...
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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 ofeverydayandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To outweigh this combination of scientific theory andeverydayusage, powerful countervailing considerations would be needed.
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The relative importance of itseverydayusage, however, has changed over the centuries.
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But ineverydayusage, 'hungry as a hunter' is normally applied only to people.
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Here we have used capitals to signify 'official' policy usage of the term and lower case to signify theeverydayusageamong those we interviewed.
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He emphasizes that ineverydayusage, people have "preferences" over alternatives that are irrelevant to their interests or even contrary to their advantage.
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But conforming roughly toeverydayusagehelps avoid misunderstandings.
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Everydayusagethus often treats preference as a ranking in terms of some, rather than all, relevant evaluative considerations.
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The distinction between official andeverydayusagesuggests ways in which government and professional discourses are aligned in complex articulations, and how such articulations reflect particular points of institutional adaptation.
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Neurophysiology confirmed that the word denoted an authoritative empirical reality;everydayusageconfirmed that the word denoted a commanding ethical or social principle.
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Twenty extracts of spontaneouseverydayusagehave been recorded in an assortment of social contexts and settings.
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They become matters ofeverydayusage, and normal democratic procedures are swept aside.
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They evolve into a language of distrust and hatred, pass intoeverydayusage, become a model to imitate and mould a certain attitude.
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The two terms are probably interchangeable ineverydayusage, but we have taken the view that "high-speed data transfer services" is preferable as a term for legislation.
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However, unreliable, in psychometric does not mean the same ineverydayusage.
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There are a large number of spring designs; ineverydayusagethe term often refers to coil springs.
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In moderneverydayusage, a town is a settlement that is larger than a village but smaller than a city.
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However, it did not come intoeverydayusageuntil the mid- to late 1990s.
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Diminutives are very popular ineverydayusage, and are by no means reserved for children.
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Most of the letters deal witheverydayusage, business and personal correspondence, such as instructions, complaints, news, reminders etc.
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