Usage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjuːsidÍ¡Ê’/, /ˈjuːzidÍ¡Ê’/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman and Old French usage.

Full definition of usage

Noun

1. The manner or the amount of using; use
2. Habit or accepted practice
3. (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
1. Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
2. Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.

Derived terms

• usage dictionary
• usage guide
• usage label
• usage lexicography
• usage note
• usage panel

Anagrams

• agues, gause