{
    "term": "usage",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the way in which words are used in a language",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a book on current English usage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not a word **in common usage**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dictionaries show typical patterns of usage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dictionary definitions tend to show stereotypical patterns of usage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Drug usage by teenagers has increased in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That word is no longer in common usage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The term ‘eco-tourism’ entered common usage in the 1990s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word has a slightly different meaning in popular usage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dictionary focuses on the more usual words of the language and avoids rare usages of these words."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["common", "everyday", "general"],
                "verb + usage": ["come into", "enter"],
                "preposition": ["in usage"],
                "phrases": ["pattern of usage"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the fact of something being used; how much something is used",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "land usage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Car usage is predicted to increase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Usage of computers in schools is increasing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With normal usage, the equipment should last at least five years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "high energy usage"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["heavy", "high", "low"],
                "verb + usage": ["increase", "reduce", "restrict"],
                "usage + verb": ["go up", "grow", "increase"],
                "usage + noun": ["pattern", "level", "rate"],
                "preposition": ["usage of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːsɪdʒ//ˈjuːzɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "us/usage/usage__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːsɪdʒ//ˈjuːzɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "us/usage/usage__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘customary practice’): from Old French, from us ‘a use’, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’."
}