1. The act of using
   - use, utilization, utilisation [Brit], employment, exercise 
2. Accepted or habitual practice
   - custom, usance 
3. The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
   "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"

Derived forms: usages

See also: use

Type of: activity, language, linguistic communication, pattern, practice, survival

Encyclopedia: Usage

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