Definitions for usage
ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒus·age

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise(noun)

   the act of using

   "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"

2. custom, usage, usance(noun)

   accepted or habitual practice

3. usage(noun)

   the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written

   "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. usage(Noun)

   The manner or the amount of using; use

   Etymology: From and usage.

2. usage(Noun)

   Habit or accepted practice

   Etymology: From and usage.

3. usage(Noun)

   The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.

   Etymology: From and usage.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Usage(noun)

   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. Usage(noun)

   manners; conduct; behavior

3. Usage(noun)

   long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method

4. Usage(noun)

   customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification

5. Usage(noun)

   experience

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Usage

   ū′zāj, n. act or mode of using: treatment: practice: custom.—ns. U′sager, one of the non-jurors who maintained 'the usages'—mixed chalices, oblation in prayer of consecration, and prayer for the dead. [Fr.,—Low L.,—L. usus.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. usage

   The consecration in time of something that was originally absurd.

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. usage

   An amount of use.

   The water usage was recorded.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'usage' in Nouns Frequency: #2533

Anagrams for usage »

1. agues, gause

How to pronounce usage?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say usage in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of usage in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of usage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of usage in a Sentence

1. Mark DeSaulnier:

   I would like to be part of re-establishing journalism as a sacred part of American democracy as it once was, the industry right now is going through a tough time, said John Stanton, the former Washington Bureau chief at BuzzFeed News, during the press conference. Were at a crisis point in the industry, and its good that Congress is taking a look at these issues and how these big tech companies are affecting our ability to do our job. Stanton, who was laid off from BuzzFeed earlier this year, recently launched the Save Journalism project with Laura Bassett, the former senior politics reporter at HuffPost. Bassett was laid off from HuffPost in January. FACEBOOKS AVERAGE US USER SPENT 38 MINUTES PER DAY ON THE PLATFORM, A DROP FROM 2017, BUT INSTAGRAM USAGE INCREASED.

2. Peter Schwarzenbauer:

   The idea behind (accommodation website) Airbnb, to offer up private property for wider usage, was the inspiration behind the idea of offering a car-sharing option for Mini.

3. Egil Juliussen:

   Only ride-hailing companies have good, extensive data on usage, so automakers want to be connected with that.

4. Peter Sokolowski:

   The girl quoting the definitions before (pronouncer Jacques) Bailly said them stated the usage note from our unabridged dictionary verbatim. ... Its a very specific kind of writing that we do. I thought, Oh my goodness, this 13-year-old girl is quoting our dictionary back to us, these spellers as a group simply were unusually gifted. They may indicate that we have entered a new era of competition.

5. Nye County:

   They confirmed his usage on Saturday but were unsure if it had continued.

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