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1. (n.) usage
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice.
2. usage
the customary manner in which a language or a form of a language is spoken or written:
a grammar based on usage rather than on arbitrary notions of correctness.
3. usage
a particular instance of this:
a usage borrowed from French.
4. usage
any manner of doing or handling something; treatment:
rough usage.
5. usage
habitual or customary use; long-continued practice.
6. usage
an act of using or employing; use.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < AF, OF < ML ūsāticum, der. of L ūsus (see use ))
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| Definition of 'Usage' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
the act of using
"he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
2. (noun) custom, usage, usance
accepted or habitual practice
3. (noun) usage
the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
"English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
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1. (noun) usage
the way words are used in a language
examples of informal usage in English; unusual usages
2. usage
the process of using sth, or the amount used
electricity usage
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| Definition of 'Usage' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Usage
the act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage
2. (noun) Usage
manners; conduct; behavior
3. (noun) Usage
long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method
4. (noun) Usage
customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification
5. (noun) Usage
experience
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| Definitions of 'Usage' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Usage
The consecration in time of something that was originally absurd.
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