<usg> (usage) contains usage information in a dictionary entry.
Attributes:
type classifies the usage information using any convenient typology.
Datatype: CDATA
Legal values:
geo geographic area
time temporal, historical era (``archaic'', ``old'', etc.)
dom domain
reg register
style style (figurative, literal, etc.)
plev preference level (``chiefly'', ``usually'', etc.)
lang lang (language for foreign words, spellings pronunciations, etc.)
gram grammatical usage
syn synonym given to show use
hyper hypernym given to show usage
colloc collocation given to show usage
comp typical complement
obj typical object
subj typical subject
verb typical verb
hint unclassifiable piece of information to guide sense choice
Default: #IMPLIED
Example:
Note

Example
Note

Tagsetbase tag set for printed dictionaries
Classdictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel, formInfo, gramInfo
Filenameteidict2
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
Parentsentry etym form gramGrp hom re sense trans xr
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi label lang link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space stage supplied table tag tech term text time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val view w witDetail xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT usg           - O  (%paraContent;)                    >
<!ATTLIST usg                %a.global
                             %a.dictionaries
          type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >
See 12.3.5.2

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