normal usage

collocation in English

meaningsofnormalandusage

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normal
adjective
uk
/ˈnɔː.məl/us
/ˈnɔːr.məl/
ordinary or usual; the same as would ...
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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 ofnormalandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnormal usage

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This is to stretch theirnormalusagea bit: 'preference' is usually reserved for comparative attitudes, preferring something over something else.
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Moreover, to automatically classify all non-feedback top-down processes as autonomous is contrary tonormalusage.
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What tasks is the system required to achieve in itsnormalusage?
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As this is contradictory, givennormalusage, the terminology should either be improved or abandoned.
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This is so even if special legal or other circumstances impose lower standards of attribution than those innormalusage.
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Drama gives children the chance to practise varieties of language in different situations, to try out patterns of speech not typical ofnormalusage.
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That is a perfectly clear distinction, agreeable both to common sense and anormalusage.
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The industry is considering a code of practice for high bills due to leaks that would enable bills to be reassessed according tonormalusage.
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Thenormalusageis for a service to go into effect as soon as possible after the traffic commissioners give a decision.
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Manufacturers would need to find a formula which did not deternormalusage.
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Innormalusage, certainly it is not apparent.
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Our definition is simply based onnormalusage.
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We are not aware of any adverse health implications from thenormalusageof vinegar (acetic acid).
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I do not see why we should depart from what isnormalusage.
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In military life, morale fulfils a purpose that is different from itsnormalusage.
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Is it not desirable that the surface should be restored to a proper condition and the road tonormalusage?
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At that moment, the air traffic controller, in contravention ofnormalusage, told the pilot to change radio frequencies.
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We do not have to prove that it is part of thenormalusage.
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It has been allocated to them on a basis of two gallons per half-ton of unladen weight—this having no connection with what thenormalusagewas.
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The plural is the morenormalusage.
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