ordinary usage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofordinaryandusage
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ordinary
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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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 ofordinaryandusagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofordinary usage
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To be sure, it is an extension ofordinaryusageto use 'duty' here, but analytically it is correct.
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Followingordinaryusage, when that usage is confused and mistaken, is not a virtue.
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First, 'corruption' is here used in a much narrower sense thanordinaryusage.
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It is plausible that understanding "probability" as something close to "explanatorily coherent" or "reasonable, based on the evidence" fitsordinaryusageand reasoning better.
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But here it is objected that, even if this distinction corresponds toordinaryusage, it is still very irrational.
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In this context, the phrase is infelicitous : ' beyond one's ken ', in itsordinaryusage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension.
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Such utterances do occur inordinaryusage, but they are often characterized by language users as defective in some way.
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Inordinaryusage, however, a carpet for the floor is simply a "carpet". ii.
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I do not much care if my account of institutional reality and institutional facts matches thatordinaryusage.
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The notion admits of epistemic and moral readings, and whileordinaryusagemay conflate these, clarifying the distinction is important for any analysis of reasonable expectation.
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But if that use of 'harm' is legitimate, then it seems that the sense of 'harm' generated by the objective account may be in line withordinaryusageafter all.
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If it is wrong idiomatically or according toordinaryusageor according to grammar, then does it matter?
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This does not prevent people using whatever names they may find convenient for any of the coins, as a matter ofordinaryusage.
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He defended his opinion by an appeal to common sense and toordinaryusageamong military persons.
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All the evidence put forward, if inadmissible in theordinaryusageof the term, should be stopped at the point given or expunged from the record.
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Apart from legal and medical technicalities, we believe that it would be accepted as a matter ofordinaryusagethat a man should come of age at 21.
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The definition is not, however, all-embracing: the word "includes" is used indicating that the rest of the meaning is to be filled up byordinaryusageand common sense.
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Sometimes inordinaryusage, nonsense is synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous.
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Demonstratives may be thought of as forming a subset of indexicals: they are often accompanied, inordinaryusage, by pointing gestures or other non-verbal expressions of their sense.
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