usage
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
the customary manner in which a language or a form of a language is spoken or written: English usage; a grammar based on usage rather than on arbitrary notions of correctness.
Origin of usage
1confusables note For usage
Other words for usage
Other words from usage
- non·us·age, noun
Words that may be confused with usage
- use, usage (see usage note at the current entry)
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How to use usage in a sentence
Yet, the value of nuclear weapons lies in their nonusage: in their ability to deter, not to employ.
Would It Be So Bad If Iran Got Nuclear Weapons? | Neil Padukone | February 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for usage
/ (ˈjuːsɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ) /
the act or a manner of using; use; employment
constant use, custom, or habit
something permitted or established by custom or practice
what is actually said in a language, esp as contrasted with what is prescribed
Origin of usage
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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