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usage
- /ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈjuːzɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈjusɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- /ˈjuzɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US
- /ˈjʉːsɪd͡ʒ/ Australia
- /ˈjʉːzɪd͡ʒ/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage. By surface analysis, use + -age.
noun usages · usuage
- A custom or established practice. [S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here.
- Custom, tradition.
- The act of using something; use, employment. Demand continues to increase, and in 2023-24 recorded usage was higher than pre-COVID, with 384,000 passenger journeys in total (of which 247,000 were at the town location). At the other end of the branch, Truro station had usage of 1.19 million, of which 255,000 were recorded as interchange passeng
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace. In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer). usage prescriptions
- Action towards someone; treatment, especially in negative sense. Whose sharp provokement them incenst so sore, / That both were bent t'avenge his usage base […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: custom, utilization, utilisation, use, employment, exercise, habit, used, reliance, purpose, purposed, utilize, usability, applied, practice, usable
Translations
Every language
noun habit or accepted practice
| Español | usanza, usaje |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 使い方 tsukaikata, 習慣 shūkan |
| 中文 | 習慣 /习惯 xíguàn |
| Português | emprego, uso |
| Français | coutume, usage |
| Deutsch | Brauch |
| Italiano | uso, usi |
| Русский | обы́чай obýčaj, обыкнове́ние obyknovénije, привы́чка privýčka, тради́ция tradícija |
noun the way words are spoken or written in a community
| 日本語 | 使い方 tsukaikata, 用法 yōhō |
|---|---|
| Português | emprego |
| Français | usage |
| Deutsch | Gebrauch |
| Русский | употребле́ние upotreblénije, языкова́я пра́ктика jazykovája práktika, словоупотребле́ние slovoupotreblénije, у́зус úzus |
noun act of using something; use
| Español | uso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이용 iyong, 사용 sayong, 쓰기 sseugi, 씀 sseum |
| 日本語 | 利用 riyō, 使用 shiyō, 使い tsukai, 使い方 tsukaikata |
| 中文 | 用法 yòngfǎ |
| हिन्दी | लौकिकता laukiktā |
| Português | uso |
| Français | usage |
| Deutsch | Verwendung, Benutzung, Anwendung, Nutzung |
| Italiano | utilizzo, utilizzi |
| Ελληνικά | χρήση chrísi |
| Русский | испо́льзование ispólʹzovanije, примене́ние primenénije, обраще́ние obraščénije, употребле́ние upotreblénije |
| العربية | اِسْتِخْدَام istiḵdām |
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title = {usage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/usage},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
