## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <usg>

`<usg>` | (usage) contains usage information in a dictionary entry.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from dictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel, formInfo, gramInfo)

`type` | classifies the usage information using any convenient typology.
| Datatype: CDATA

Sample values include:

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:

Example

Module Declared in file teidict2; Base tag set for dictionaries: enabled by TEI.dictionary
Class dictionaryTopLevel; dictionaryParts; formInfo; gramInfo; dictionaries
Data Description May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref
May occur within dictScrap eg entry entryFree etym form gramGrp hom re sense trans xr
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT usg %om.RO;  %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST usg
          %a.global;
          %a.dictionaries;
          type CDATA #IMPLIED>

See further 12.3.5.2 Usage Information and Other Labels

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