Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [yoo-sij, -zij]
- /ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ/
- /ˈjuː.sɪdʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [yoo-sij, -zij]
- /ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ/
Definitions of usage word
- noun usage a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years. 1
- noun 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 usage a particular instance of this: a usage borrowed from French. 1
- noun usage any manner of doing or handling something; treatment: rough usage. 1
- noun usage habitual or customary use; long-continued practice: immemorial usage. 1
- noun usage an act of using or employing; use. 1
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Origin of usage
First appearance:
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
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Usage
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
usage popularity
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".
usage usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for usage
noun usage
- bandwagon — You can refer to an activity or movement that has suddenly become fashionable or popular as a bandwagon.
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- command language — the language used to access a computer system
- consuetude — an established custom or usage, esp one having legal force
Antonyms for usage
noun usage
- misusage — wrong or improper usage, as of words.
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