usage
[noun]
Synonyms:
- use, control, employment, handling, management, operation, running
- practice, convention, custom, habit, method, mode, procedure, regime, routine

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Related Words: choice, preference, procedure, proceeding, process, guidance, guiding, lead, ceremony, formality

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

us‧age /ˈjuːsɪdʒ, ˈjuːz-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: usage, use, disuse, misuse, reuse, usefulness ≠ uselessness, user; adjective: reusable, used ≠ unused, disused, useful ≠ useless, usable ≠ unusable; verb: use, misuse, reuse; adverb: usefully ≠ uselessly]

1. [uncountable and countable] the way that words are used in a language:
a book on modern English usage

2. [uncountable] the way in which something is used, or the amount of it that is used:
Water usage is increasing.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

usage
noun
I. way/amount that sth is used
ADJ. heavy, high high energy usage
low | normal With normal usage, the equipment should last at least five years.
drug Drug usage by teenagers has increased in recent years.
energy | water
VERB + USAGE increase | reduce
USAGE + VERB increase | fall
PREP. ~ of Usage of computers in schools is increasing.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

usage
II. way that words are used
ADJ. common, everyday, general, normal, ordinary, popular That word is no longer in common usage.
current, modern a book on current English usage
actual Actual usage of the word is different from the meaning given in the dictionary.
correct | American, English, etc. | language, linguistic, word | colloquial
VERB + USAGE come into, enter The term ‘eco-tourism’ entered common usage in the 1990s.
PREP. in ~ The word has a slightly different meaning in popular usage.
PHRASES patterns of usage Dictionary definitions tend to show stereotypical patterns of usage.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲