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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

Synonyms

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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

Phrases Containing usage

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