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<usg>

usage

contains usage information in a dictionary entry.

Module dictionariesDITPUS

Attributes

@typeclassifies the usage information using any convenient typology.
Status
Optional
Datatype
teidata.enumerated
Sample values
geo
(geographic) geographic area
time
temporal, historical era (archaic, old, etc.)
dom
(domain) domain or subject matter (e.g. scientific, literary etc.)
register
(register)
style
style (figurative, literal, etc.)
plev
(preference level) preference level (chiefly, usually, etc.)
lang
(language) name of a language mentioned in etymological or other linguistic discussion.
gram
(grammatical) grammatical usage
syn
(synonym) synonym given to show use
hyper
(hypernym) hypernym given to show usage
colloc
(collocation) typical collocate of the headword.
comp
(complement) typical complement
obj
(object) typical object
subj
(subject) typical subject
verb
typical verb
hint
unclassifiable piece of information to guide sense choice
<div type="verse">
  <head>Night in Tarras</head>
  <lg type="stanza">
    <l>At evening tramping on the hot white road</l>
    <l>…</l>
  </lg>
  <lg type="stanza">
    <l>A wind sprang up from nowhere as the sky</l>
    <l>…</l>
  </lg>
</div>

Classes and content

Member of
May contain

dictionaries

gaiji

textstructure

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

core

namesdates

Example

<form>
  <orth>colour</orth>
  <form>
    <usg type="geo">U.S.</usg>
    <orth>color</orth>
  </form>
</form>

Content model

<content>
    <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
  </content>