Usage

Noun

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

Derived terms

 * usage dictionary
 * usage guide
 * usage label
 * usage lexicography
 * usage note
 * usage panel

Adjectives for Usage
laudable; hereditary; abnormal; pedantic; traditional; general; effective; cruel; diplomatic; sinister; ill; grammatical; established;  symphonic;   immemorial;   dietetic; rough; traditional; troglodytic; social; common.

Verbs for Usage
accustom to—; approve—; condemn—; condone—; decry—; determine—; encourage—; foster—; govern—; marvel at—; practise—; prescribe—; promote—; rebuke—; recom¬mend—; reproach—; reprove—; set forth —; subject to—; violate—; —infringes; — offends; —persists; —prevails; —sanctions; —violates.

Thesaurus
acceptance, acceptation, acception, active use, adjectival phrase, antonym, appliance, application, articulation, automatism, bad habit, bon ton, care, ceremony, characteristic, choice, choice of words, clause, composition, conformity, construction, consuetude, consumption, convenance, convention, creature of habit, custodianship, custom, dialect, diction, employ, employment, established way, etiquette, exercise, exertion, expression, fashion, folkway, force of habit, form, formality, formulation, free form, good use, grammar, guidance, guiding, habit, habit pattern, habitude, handling, hard usage, hard use, headed group, homograph, homonym, homophone, idiom, idiotism, ill use, language, langue, lead, lexeme, lingo, lingua, linguistic form, locution, logos, management, manipulation, manner, manner of speaking, manners, means of dealing, metonym, minimum free form, misuse, monosyllable, mores, noun phrase, observance, operation, paragraph, parlance, parole, pattern, peculiar expression, peculiarity, period, personal usage, phrasal idiom, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, polysyllable, practice, praxis, preference, prescription, procedure, proceeding, process, proper thing, received meaning, rhetoric, ritual, rough usage, routine, second nature, sentence, set phrase, social convention, speech, standard behavior, standard phrase, standard usage, standing custom, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, stewardship, syllable, synonym, syntactic structure, talk, term, time-honored practice, tongue, tradition, treatment, trick, turn of expression, turn of phrase, use, use of words, using up, usus loquendi, utterance, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verbiage, verbum, vocable, way, way of speaking, what is done, wont, wonting, word, word-group, wordage, wording, wrong use

Etymology
From and  usage.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 使い方


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , употребление


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 使い方


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, обыкновение, ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Gebrauch
 * Hungarian: szóhasználat


 * Japanese: 使い方,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: употребление


 * : gebruik
 * : Nutzung f (1), Benutzung f (2,3)
 * : pemakaian
 * : uso m, utilizzo m


 * : lietojums m
 * : వాడుక (vaaDuka)
 * : uso m (1)

Anagrams

 * agues, gause

Noun

 * 1) usage, use

Etymology
From usus ( usagium, suffix -age).

Related terms

 * usager

Anagrams

 * auges, sauge, suage