non-usage

non--us·age

N n

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nohn ohb-stahn-te yoo-sij, -zij]
- /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ/
- /nɒn ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nohn ohb-stahn-te yoo-sij, -zij]
- /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ/

Definitions of non-usage word

noun non-usage a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years. 1
noun non-usage 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. 1
noun non-usage a particular instance of this: a usage borrowed from French. 1
noun non-usage any manner of doing or handling something; treatment: rough usage. 1
noun non-usage habitual or customary use; long-continued practice: immemorial usage. 1
noun non-usage an act of using or employing; use. 1

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Medieval Latin ūsāticum, equivalent to Latin ūs(us) (see use) + -āticum -age

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".