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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024us•age /ˈyusɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] a customary way of doing something;
a custom or practice. - [uncountable] the customary manner in which a language or a form of a language is spoken or written.
- a particular instance of this:[countable]a usage borrowed from French.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024us•age (yo̅o̅′sij, -zij),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- a particular instance of this:a usage borrowed from French.
- any manner of doing or handling something;
treatment:rough usage. - habitual or customary use;
long-continued practice:immemorial usage. - an act of using or employing;
use.
- Medieval Latin ūsāticum, equivalent. to Latin ūs(us) (see use) + -āticum -age
- Anglo-French, Old French
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tradition, habit, convention.
The nouns usage and use are related in origin and meaning and to some extent overlap in their use. Usage usually refers to habitual or customary practices or procedures:Some usages of the Anglican Church are similar to those of the Roman Catholic Church.It is also commonly used in reference to language practices:English usage is divided in the pronunciation ofaunt. Use refers to the act of using or employing (something):She put her extra money to good use.Perhaps in the belief that it is the more impressive term, usage is sometimes used where use would be more natural:Has your usage of a personal computer made the work any easier? Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: usage /ˈjuːsɪdʒ -zɪdʒ/ n - 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
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French, from Latin ūsus use (n) |