usage

1. (masculine) usage, use
2. (masculine) the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are actually used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis (as opposed to correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/y.zaʒ/

Etymology

From Latin ūsus + -age. Compare Medieval Latin usagium.

Concepts

use

usage

custom

habit

exercise

utilisation

utilization

practice

application

employment

usance

parlance

language use

purpose

rule

service

role

linguistic usage

position

precedent

regulation

rite

ritual

settlement

tamer

tradition

treatment

usefulness

usual

wear

drug-taking

economic consumption

familiar spirit

use of goods and services

of convention

established practice

established practise

going as envoy

abuse

management

trainer

bearer

conclusion

consultation

consumption

customs

🛃

determination

enjoyment

errand

etiquette

Synonyms

utilisation

coutume

emploi

utiliser

employer

habitude

application

de

règle

rôle

usage linguistique

tradition

consommation

appliquer

exploitation

fonction

manipulation

précédent

manière

manipuler

message

messager

moniteur

porteur

pratique

pratiquer

règlement

résolution

servir

traitement

travail

usufruit

usure

utilité

appel

maniement

mobiliser

travers

esprit familier

mossion

volonté

arrangement

besoin

commission

conclusion

confusion

convention

décision

dépenser

déployer

Translations

uso

uso

uso

Gebrauch

Benutzung

ús

gebruik

Anwendung

kullanım

usus

χρήση

Gewohnheit

Verwendung

abitudine

impiego

Sentences

De nombreux ermitages deviennent des bâtiments à usage agricole .

Many hermitages become buildings for agricultural use.

Pour les commandes les plus courantes , son usage est identique à celui de yum.

For the most common orders, its use is identical to that of yum.