English Explanatory Dictionary

usage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Habit, practice.
  2. A custom or established practice.
  3. Custom, tradition.
  4. Utilization.
  5. The act of using something; use, employment.
  6. The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region.
  7. Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
  8. Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
  9. Action towards someone; treatment, especially in negative sense.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈjuːzɪd͡ʒ/ En-us-usage.ogg

Word forms

usage usages usuage

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman usagebor. Middle English usage English usage From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage. Equivalent to use + -age.

Derived words

ill-usage usage dictionary usage guide usage label usage lexicography usage note usage panel usage share

Translations

Bulgarian: обичай Bulgarian: употреба Catalan: ús Chinese Mandarin: 習慣 /习惯 Finnish: käytäntö Finnish: kielenkäyttö Finnish: puhetapa French: coutume French: usage Galician: uso Galician: usanza Galician: hábito Galician: emprego German: Brauch German: Gebrauch Hungarian: szokás Hungarian: gyakorlat Hungarian: szóhasználat Italian: uso Italian: usi Japanese: 使い方 Japanese: 習慣 Japanese: 用法 Malayalam: ഉപയോഗം Malayalam: ഉപയോഗരീതി Norwegian: anvendelse Norwegian: bruk Polish: zwyczaj Polish: praktyka Polish: uzus Polish: praktyka językowa Polish: uzus językowy Portuguese: emprego Portuguese: uso Russian: обы́чай Russian: обыкнове́ние Russian: привы́чка Russian: тради́ция Russian: употребле́ние Russian: языковая практика Russian: словоупотребление Russian: у́зус Spanish: usanza Spanish: usaje Telugu: వాడుక Ukrainian: зви́чай Ukrainian: слововжива́ння Ukrainian: слововжи́ток Ukrainian: у́зус Czech: jazyková praxe Esperanto: lingvaĵo Indonesian: praktik berbahasa Serbo-Croatian: jezična uporaba Serbo-Croatian: jezična praksa Serbo-Croatian: jezična izvedba Slovak: jazyková prax
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