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Meaning of 'usage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Usage [ n.]
- 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.
- Manners; conduct; behavior.
- Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
- Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
- Experience.

Meaning of 'usage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . usage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
Example in sentence:
  • a usage borrowed from French;
  • English usage
Meaning (2):
- the act of using
Example in sentence:
  • he warned against the use of narcotic drugs;
  • skilled in the utilization of computers

Nearby Words:

usable usager usance usant

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