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us·age (yo̵̅o̅′sij, -zij)

noun

  1. the act, way, or extent of using or treating; treatment; use
  2. long-continued or established practice; habitual or customary use or way of acting; custom; habit
  3. the way in which a word, phrase, etc. is used to express a particular idea; customary manner of using the words of a given language in speaking or writing, or an instance of this

Etymology: OFr < ML usagium < L usus: see use

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usage Synonyms

usage

n.

  1. Custom

    practice, wont, rule, habit, habiture, convention, way, method, mode, routine, rote, formula, acceptance, regulation, currency.

  2. Accepted language

    good usage, grammatical usage, approved diction; see grammar, language 2. See syn. study at habit.


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usage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • monitor: Apart from the application you should also monitor the disk usage.

Adjective modifier

  • unlimited: We offer all this to you, with unlimited usage; all you need to do is dial.

Modifies a noun

  • statistic: The indexes to the usage statistics pages are provide by the Project Office.

Noun used with modifier

  • bandwidth: Can I limit the bandwidth usage of the Virtual sites?
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usage quotes

His slang†was always a little out of date, as though he had studied in a dictionary of popular usage, but not in the latest edition.

-Greene, (Henry) Graham

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