Usage

Definition: Usage

Usage

Noun

1. The act of using; "the steps were worn from years of use".

2. Accepted or habitual practice.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "usage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Usage \Us"age\, noun. [French expression usage, Late Latin expression usaticum. See Use.]. (references)

Satire

Law

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Usage

Conformity

Be regular; Adjective: move in a groove; follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules,obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by; fall into a custom,fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow the crowd, pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind; stick to the beaten track; (habit); keep one in countenance.

Desuetude

Verb: be -unaccustomed; Adjective: leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage, infringe a usage; disuse; wear off.

Infraction of usage; (unconformity); nonprevalence; "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance".

Impulse

Prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette; (gentility); order of the day, cry; conformity; consuetude,.dustoor.

Malevolence

Ill turn, bad turn; affront; (disrespect); outrage, atrocity; ill usage; intolerance, persecution; tender mercies; " unkindest cut of all".

Oldness

Tradition, prescription, custom, immemorial usage, common law.

Unconformity

Verb: be uncomformable; Adjective: abnormalize; leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom; drive a coach and six through; stretch a point; have no business there; baffle all description, beggar all description.

Noun: {opp. } nonconformity; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness; Adjective: exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, je ne sais quoi, monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter.

Use

Usage.

Crosswords: Usage

French (custom, employment, practice, purpose, usage, use, wear).

And what language employs the usage of the word freako (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Faux et usage de faux (1990)

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Books

• Antifibrinolytic Drugs: Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Clinical Usage (Wiley Medical Publication) (reference)

• Sas/Access Interface to Adabas: Usage and Reference: Version 6 (reference)

• The law and practice of marine insurance, deduced from a critical examination of the adjudged cases, the nature and analogies of the subject, and the general usage of commercial nations (reference)

• Studies in English Adverbial Usage (reference)

• Antibody Usage in the Lab (Springer Lab Manual) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Agricultural Chemical Usage (reference)

• Recommandations A L Usage Des Membres De L Ordre (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

High Tech

• USAGE KIT 120V INFOPRINT 1130 (reference)

• USAGE KIT LV 120V (reference)

• Usage Kit Lv 120v for Np 17 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Jimmy Henry, manager of the NRCS Plant Materials Center in Elsberry, Missouri, checks the status of a plant being evaluated at the center for potential conservation usage. Credit: Charlie Rahm.

Un monsieur tenant à faire usage d'un des blocs de savon admis à l'exposition de 1849. / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blows, or in any more respectful posture, without a sword in his hand, to abate the confidence and force of the assailant, will quickly be at an end of his resistance, and will find such a defence serve only to draw on himself the worse usage. (Second Treatise of Government)

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In reply, I can only plead my firm conviction that the popular usage is wrong

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Health

There is a paucity of data available about usage of antidiarrheal drugs in children. (references)

Since the late 1990s, physicians have seen a general increase in parent Internet usage rates. (references)

Those addicted to drugs suffer from a compulsive drug craving and usage and cannot quit by themselves. (references)

Business

Home usage of the Internet is growing more slowly. (references)

After a slow start, Internet usage is now booming. (references)

They also permit restricted access and limited usage. (references)

Children

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Language questions were resolved by using both Latin and Cyrillic script, and by requirements that teachers not penalize students for lexicon or grammar usage identified more with one language variant than another. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

High prices limit home usage. (references)

Botswana

The Government did not restrict e-mail or Internet usage. (references)

Economic History

Maldives

Mobile phone usage is increasing rapidly. (references)

Germany

The intensity of usage has increased as well. (references)

Australia

Current Internet usage by Australians is high. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Many persons were killed during the year in conflicts involving disputes of land ownership and usage. (references)

Political Economy

GUATEMALA

In June 2001, Guatemala also officially approved usage of non-Guatemalan currencies, and the dollar has quickly assumed an important, though, not dominant, role throughout the banking sector. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

U.S. exporters of beef, poultry, pork and horsemeat are not able to ship to the Czech Republic due to concerns about special risk materials shared by the EU. In November 2000, reacting to the EU BSE outbreak, the Czech State Veterinary Administration prohibited specific risks' materials usage in pet food, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) cannot guarantee that U.S. pet food producers meet this requirement. (references)

Trade

France

Usage Instructions: Explain how the product is to be used. (references)

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani standards agencies actively promote ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 usage. (references)

Germany

In common usage, value added tax (VAT) and turnover tax are regarded as being identical. (references)

Travel

Bulgaria

In business, the usage of English is increasing. (references)

Chad

Usage fees are approximately 15 cents for the first 60 KWH and 30 cents for each additional kilowatt hour. (references)

Italy

Goods imported as samples may be imported only in quantities constituting a sample according to normal commercial usage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "usage": an old usage ♦ dictionary of correct usage ♦ drop out of usage ♦ high usage circuit group ♦ immemorial usage ♦ infraction of usage ♦ infringe a usage ♦ meet with ill usage ♦ non usage ♦ trade usage and course of dealing ♦ usage mode. Additional references.

Beginning with "usage": usage-based, usage-related, usage-value.

Ending with "usage": computer-usage, ill-usage, land-usage, line-usage, under-usage, water-usage.

Albanian

zakon (consuetude, custom, groove, habit, habitude, institute, institution, inurnment, knack, manners, mode, practice, praxis, rut, tradition, use, way, wont), trajtim (approach, coverage, handling, transaction, treatment), përdorim (application, consumption, currency, deal, employment, exercise, exertion, exploitation, operation, reclamation, use, using, utilization, wear, wear and tear, working), odet. (various references)

Arabic 

‏عادة (as a rule, commonly, custom, freak, generally, groove, habit, habit of body, institution, observance, ordinarily, practice, praxis, rite, rubric, rule, usually, wont), ‏عرف (acquaint, constitution, convention, custom, define, figure out, form, habit, impart, know, know what's what, locate, manners, mores, realize, rule, savvy, see, sort out, tradition, use), ‏طريقة إستعمال الألفاظ, ‏إستعمال (application, employment, exercise, purpose, use). (various references)

Bulgarian 

установена практика (convention, use), установен ред (groove, order, routine), установен обичай (constitution, rubric), употребяване, употреба (application, circulation, currency, employment, use), отнасяне (behavior, behaviour, do, handling, treatment), обноска (treatment), приета практика, приет ред, приет обичай, използуване (employment, use, using, utilization). (various references)

Chinese 

用法 . (various references)

Czech

užívání, zvyklost (convention, custom, tradition, use), zvyk (consuetude, custom, form, habit, rote, trick, use, way, wont), zacházení (handling, treatment), používání (application, use), obyèej (custom, habit, observance, use), obvyklá praxe (routine), úzus (custom, use). (various references)

Danish

kutyme (custom, trade usage and course of dealing), handelssædvane (trade usage and course of dealing). (various references)

Dutch

handelsusance (trade usage and course of dealing), handelsgebruik (trade usage and course of dealing), handelsconventie (trade usage and course of dealing). (various references)

Farsi 

معمول (Normal, Usual), کاربرد, عادت (Accustom, Addict, Custom, Hank, Rote, Rut, Ure, Vogue, Wont), عرف (Custom, Institution, Tradition, Unwrittenlaw, Ure, Usance), استعمال (Use), رسم (Custom, Mode, Order, Trace, Tradition, Wont). (various references)

Finnish

tapa (custom, fashion, habit, manner, mode, mores, practice, way), nautinta (usufruct), kohtelu (treatment), kielenkäyttö (language), kauppatapa (trade usage and course of dealing), käytäntö (custom, practice, use). (various references)

French

usage du commerce (trade usage and course of dealing), usage commercial (trade usage and course of dealing), usage (use), traitement (use), manipulation, coutume. (various references)

German

Verwendung (application, assignment, disposition, employment, expenditure, intercession, usableness, use, utilization), Gebrauch (application, custom, habit, use, way), Usance (custom, practice). (various references)

Greek 

χρήση (application, manipulation, practice, practise, use). (various references)

Hebrew 

מנהג (conduct, custom, groove, habit, manner, order, way), שמוש (employment, resort, service, use), נימוס (courtesy, etiquette, observance, politeness, tact), נוהג (conduct, custom, habit, practice, praxis, procedure). (various references)

Hungarian

használat (application, common right, exertion, right of common, tenure, use, wear). (various references)

Indonesian

pemanfaatan (utilization), kelaziman (custom, fad, the fashion), kebiasaan (custom, fashion, habit, natural, wont). (various references)

Irish

ghnáth. (various references)

Italian

uso (adhibition, custom, exercise, habit, use, wear). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

語格 (rules of grammar), 遣い (bearer, errand, familiar spirit, going as envoy, message, messenger, mission, tamer, trainer, use), 習俗 (folkways, manners and customs), 持ち (charge, draw, durability, hold, in charge, keep possession, life, wear), 振り合い (comparison, consideration, custom), 振合い (comparison, consideration, custom), 例 (case, custom, example, experience, illustration, instance, parallel, precedent), 使い (bearer, errand, familiar spirit, going as envoy, message, messenger, mission, tamer, trainer, use), 古格 (convention, old customs, old etiquette), 俗習 (custom). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぞくしゅう (crowd, custom, masses, people, the public, vulgarity, worldliness), ためし (case, custom, example, experience, illustration, instance, parallel, precedent, test, trial), しゅうぞく (folkways, local customs, manners and customs), ふりあい (comparison, consideration, custom), つかい (bearer, errand, familiar spirit, going as envoy, message, messenger, mission, tamer, trainer, use), ごかく (equality, evenness, good match, par, rules of grammar), こかく (client, convention, customer, lone traveller, old customs, old etiquette, patron), れい (actor, case, cold, command, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, illustration, instance, nought, order, parallel, precedent, soul, spirit, zero), もち (be not, birdlime, charge, do not, draw, durability, hold, in charge, keep possession, life, must not, sticky rice cake, wear). (various references)

Korean 

사용법. (various references)

Manx

oayllaght (custom), oallys, cliaghtey (acclimatization, acclimatize, custom, exercise, familiarization, familiarize, fashion, follow, follow as trade, formality, habit, habituate, institution, inure, practice, practise, profess, prosecute, prosecution, rehearsal, rehearse, seasoning, train). (various references)

Pig Latin

ageusay.(various references)

Portuguese

uso comercial (trade usage and course of dealing), uso (adhibition, application, choky, custom, exertion, good, habit, manner, mores, praxis, rule, use, using, wear), trato (address, handling, intercourse, processing, tract, trading, treatment), tratamento (cure, curing, dressing, handling, processing, remedy, treatment), maneira de usar, emprego (affectation, appointment, berth, billet, employ, employment, exertion, function, job, niche, occupation, place, post, service, situation, use, using, work), direito de passagem (access, highroad crossing, passage, way-leave), costume (choky, conventionality, costume, fashion, habit, habitude, institution, inurement, inveteracy, mode, mores, observance, outfit, praxis, rule, rut, way). (various references)

Romanian

uzanţã (consuetude, custom, usance), uz (employment, ordinariness, use, using, utilization), purtare (bearing, behavior, behaviour, carriage, conduct, demeanour, fashion, foppery, goings on, habit), obicei (consuetude, convention, custom, dead letter, groove, habit, habitude, manner, observance, practice, praxis, rut, tradition, use, way, wont), obişnuinţã (fashion, habit, habitude, ordinariness, wont), maniere (decorum, manners), folosire (application, availability, duty, employment, practice, use, utilization), datinã (custom, observance, tradition, use, way), întrebuinţare (duty, employment, reliance, use, utilization). (various references)

Russian 

употребление (use, utilization), обращение (address, allocution, circulation, circulations, conversion, handling, harangue, man-handling, manipulation, resort, treatment), обиход (mode of life), использование (employment, exertion, usability, use of, using, utilization). (various references)

Scottish

àbhaist (custom, habit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

upotreba (consuetude, exercise, use, using, utilization). (various references)

Spanish

utilizacion (application, assignment, disposition, use), uso (employment, fashion, purpose, service, use, using, utilization, wear), usanza (custom, rite, ritual), tratos (treatments), trato (agreement, bargain, bargaining, deal, dealing, dicker, intercourse, relationship, treatment), tratamiento (discussion, endeavor, endeavour, enquiry, medication, processing, style, treatment), tradición (custom, institution, tack, tradition, use), manejo (control, driving, handling, horsemanship, management, operation, running, use), costumbre (consuetude, convention, custom, habit, institution, practice, praxis, rule, the custom, use, way, wont). (various references)

Swedish

bruk (consuetude, cultivation, custom, factory, fashion, habit, institution, mortar, observance, operation, plaster, practice, service, use, wear), användande (manipulating, using, utilization, utilized). (various references)

Turkish

usul (brand, cut, formality, gently, method, modus, observance, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, way, wise), muamele (deal, dealing, doings, procedure, proceeding, transaction, treatment, turn), kullanma (driving, exercise, exploitation, handling, imposition, operating, operation, tenure, use, using, utilization, wear), kullanım şekli, kullanım (access, application, disposal, use, utilization), adet (bleeding, consuetude, convention, courses, custom, element, fashion, flow, fragment, groove, habit, item, menses, menstruation, mounthly courses, mounthly periods, number, numeral, particle, period, praxis, routine, sum, the usual thing, total, tradition, use, wont). (various references)

Ukrainian

уживання, звичай (consuetude, convention, custom, habit, habitude, mode, observance, practice, praxis, rite, way, wont), поводження (behavior, behaviour, handling). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tập quán (consuetude, conventionality, praxis), tục lệ, lệ thường, cách dùng, cách đối đ i thói quen. (various references)

Welsh

cynefod (custom). (various references)

nomisma. (various references)

caerimoniae, caerimonias, caerimoniis, consuetudo, mos, observatio, observationem, observationes, observationibus, observationum, ritus, usus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "usage": usages. (additional references)

Words ending with "usage": misusage, sausage, surplusage. (additional references)

Words containing "usage": misusages, sausages, surplusages. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Usage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asage, asagi, ausage, Ausgabe, aussage, Bussage, esage, essage, susage, Susuga, uae, Uag, udag, Uiagm, ulsae, urage, usafe, usago, usare, useage, useg, usg, usgs, ussage, usuage, uwage, uzag. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: agues.

-1 letter: ages, ague, gaes, sage.

-2 letters: age, eau, gae, gas, sae, sag, sau, sea, seg, sue, use.

-3 letters: ae, ag, as, es, us.

+1 letter: argues, augers, gauges, gauzes, sauger, teguas, usages.

+2 letters: aerugos, angelus, arguers, arguses, assuage, augends, augites, baguets, belugas, cangues, cubages, degauss, desugar, escuage, gangues, gaseous, gateaus, gaudies, gaugers, gausses, guanase, guineas, lagunes, langues, leagues, magueys, meshuga, outages, plagues, saugers, sausage, scutage, seagull, sevruga, sugared, sullage, ullages, uncages, upgazes, upstage, vaguest, zeugmas.

+3 letters: adjudges, agendums, agouties, angulose, argufies, assuaged, assuages, auberges, augments, augurers, auguries, auguster, baghouse, barguest, bearhugs, bugbanes, bugbears, bulkages, buoyages, burgages, cagefuls, courages, cuttages, desugars, dunnages, earplugs, escuages, eugenias, euglenas, eulogias, fatigues, fuselage, gallused, galluses, garigues, gashouse, gauchest, gaudiest, gauffers, gauntest, gauziest, gestural, gouaches, graduses, granules, graupels, gravures, guanases, guanines, guarders, guayules, gunwales, gustable, haulages, jugheads, languets, laughers, leaguers, luggages, meshugah, meshugga, messuage, misgauge, misusage, moulages, mutagens, outrages, plaguers, plumages, plussage, pugarees, quayages, reargues, regauges, regulars, rummages, sanguine, sausages, sauteing, scutages, seagulls, sevrugas, slugabed, speargun, stageful, stumpage, subagent, subgrade, substage, suffrage, sugarier, sullages, tunnages, umbrages, unitages, upgrades, upstaged, upstages, valguses, vulgates.