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IELTS BNC: 4767 COCA: 6347

usage

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
usage /ˈjuːsɪʤ/ noun
usage
/ˈjuːsɪʤ/
noun
Learner's definition of USAGE
[noncount]
: the act of using something使用;利用
: the way that something is used用法
: the amount of something that is used用量
: how often something is used利用率
: the way that words and phrases are used in a language(词语的)用法,说法,惯用法
[noncount]
[count]
IELTS BNC: 4767 COCA: 6347

usage

noun

us·​age ˈyü-sij How to pronounce usage (audio)
-zij
1
a
: firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
b
: a uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular locality or occupation and binding persons entering into transactions chiefly on the basis of presumed familiarity
c
: the way in which words and phrases are actually used (as in a particular form or sense) in a language community
2
a
: the action, amount, or mode of using
a decreased usage of electricity
b
: manner of treating
Choose the Right Synonym for usage

habit, practice, usage, custom, wont mean a way of acting fixed through repetition.

habit implies a doing unconsciously and often compulsively.

had a habit of tapping his fingers

practice suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice.

our practice is to honor all major credit cards

usage suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm.

western-style dress is now common usage in international business

custom applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law.

the custom of wearing black at funerals

wont usually applies to a habitual manner, method, or practice of an individual or group.

as was her wont, she slept until noon

Example Sentences

Seat belt usage in the state is now mandatory. drug usage among college students Restaurant dishes must be able to withstand rough usage. efforts to reduce water usage increasing usage of the nation's highways This word occurs in casual usage. differences between British and American usage I came across an uncommon usage I'd like to discuss with you. See More
Recent Examples on the Web According to TruMedia, their usage rate of 11 personnel (6.3%) was by far the lowest of any Week 1 offense entering Monday night. Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2022 Gas-usage data so far this year suggests that for businesses at least, market mechanisms are pushing down consumption, with businesses switching to alternative fuels, offshoring manufacturing or cutting production. Paul Hannon, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 Only Curry, Louisville’s most efficient scorer by the end of last season, had a higher usage rate among U of L players last season, using 25.1% of possessions. Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2022 With pre-integrated patterns and advanced dashboards, financial institutions can visualize real-time threats and changes in usage patterns. Sagnik Nandy, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Meta doesn’t regularly release Instagram usage data. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 29 July 2022 By preemptively giving users commercial usage rights, OpenAI is sidestepping some of the tricky intellectual property questions raised by this technology—which creates original images in a variety of styles, from photorealism to Picasso. Wired, 28 July 2022 There also was the matter of establishing ownership and usage rights. al, 26 July 2022 Corporate jet usage has been on the rise since the pandemic began, to the tune of 3.3 million flights in 2021. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from us use

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of usage was in the 14th century
IELTS BNC: 4767 COCA: 6347
usage

noun¹

1way/amount that sth is used用法;用量ADJECTIVE | VERB + USAGE | USAGE + VERB | USAGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEheavy, high大用量high energy usage大量使用能源low低用量normal正常使用With normal usage, the equipment should last at least five years.在正常使用的情況下,這種設備至少能用 5 年。increased增加的用量widespread廣泛使用drug吸毒Drug usage by teenagers has increased in recent years.近年來青少年吸毒現象有所增加。electricity, energy, fuel, power, water用電量;能源消耗量;燃料用量;用水量computer, email, Internet, Web電腦/電子郵件/因特網/計算機網絡的使用cellphone, mobile-phone (BrE) 手機的使用condom避孕套的使用VERB + USAGEincrease增加用量reduce減少用量restrict限制用量monitor, track監控/追踪⋯的使用measure衡量用量USAGE + VERBgo up, grow, increase用量增加drop, go down用量降低USAGE + NOUNpattern使用模式level, rate使用水平;使用率data, information使用數據/信息PREPOSITIONusage of⋯的用量Usage of computers in schools is increasing.學校計算機使用量日益增加。
usage

noun²

2way that words are used詞的用法ADJECTIVE | VERB + USAGE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEcommon, everyday, general, normal, ordinary, popular常見用法;日常用法;一般用法;普遍用法That word is no longer in common usage.那個詞已經不常用了。contemporary, current, modern當代用法;現代用法a book on current English usage關於當代英語用法的書actual實際用法Actual usage of the word is different from the meaning given in the dictionary.這個詞的實際用法不同於詞典中的釋義。correct, proper正確/恰當用法American, English, etc.美國、英國等用法language, linguistic, word語言用法;詞的用法colloquial口語用法figurative比喻用法VERB + USAGEcome into, enter有所應用The term 'ecotourism' entered common usage in the 1990s.ecotourism (生態旅遊)一詞在 20 世紀 90 年代成了常用詞。PREPOSITIONin usage在⋯用法中The word has a slightly different meaning in popular usage.這個詞用於普遍用法時意義稍有不同。PHRASESpattern of usage用法模式Dictionaries show typical patterns of usage.詞典列出的是典型用法。

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