usage
noun
1 usage
The act of using.
synonyms: employment, exercise, use, utilisation, utilization.
Roget 677:
use;
employ,
employment;
exercise,
exercitation†;
application,
appliance;
adhibition†,
disposal;
consumption;
agency
etc.
(physical)
170;
usufruct;
usefulness
etc.
644;
benefit;
recourse,
resort,
avail.
[Conversion to use]
utilization,
service,
wear.
[Way of using]
usage.
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Dutch: benutting, nut, gebruik
Polish: korzystanie, wykorzystywanie, stosowanie, używanie, posługiwanie się
2 usage
Accepted or habitual practice.
synonyms: custom, usance.
Roget 613:
habit,
habitude;
assuetude†,
assuefaction†,
wont;
run,
way.
common state of things,
general state of things,
natural state of things,
ordinary state of things,
ordinary course of things,
ordinary run of things;
matter of course;
beaten path,
beaten track,
beaten ground.
prescription,
custom,
use,
usage,
immemorial usage,
practice;
prevalence,
observance;
conventionalism,
conventionality;
mode,
fashion,
vogue;
etiquette
etc.
(gentility)
852;
order of the day,
cry;
conformity
etc.
82;
consuetude,
dustoor†.
one's old way,
old school,
veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
laudator temporis acti [Lat.].
rule,
standing order,
precedent,
routine;
red-tape,
red-tapism†;
pipe clay;
rut,
groove.
cacoethes [Lat.];
bad habit,
confirmed habit,
inveterate habit,
intrinsic habit
&c.;
addiction,
trick.
training
etc.
(education)
537;
seasoning,
second nature,
acclimatization;
knack
etc.
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Dutch: manieren, gebruiken, gebruik, geplogenheid, gewoonte, mos, praktijk, usantie, usus
Polish: usus, zwyczaj, uzus, formuła, obyczaj
3 usage
The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written.
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