USAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does usage mean? 

• USAGE (noun)
  The noun USAGE has 3 senses:

1. the act of using

2. accepted or habitual practice

3. the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written

  Familiarity information: USAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of using

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization

Context example:

skilled in the utilization of computers

Hypernyms ("usage" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "usage"):

practice (the exercise of a profession)

play (utilization or exercise)

abuse; misuse (improper or excessive use)

development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)

recycling (the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products)

application; practical application (the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Accepted or habitual practice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

custom; usage; usance

Hypernyms ("usage" is a kind of...):

pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)

survival (something that survives)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "usage"):

Americanism (a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens)

Anglicism; Britishism (a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens)

consuetude (a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law)

couvade (a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child)

Germanism (a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens)

habit; use ((psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition)

hijab (the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home)

rite; ritual (any customary observance or practice)

Derivation:

use (habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (use only in the past tense))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a usage borrowed from French

Hypernyms ("usage" is a kind of...):

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

 Context examples 

The time at which the concomitant medication usage begins.

(Concomitant Medication Start Time, NCI Thesaurus)

A point in time that indicates the beginning of concomitant medication usage.

(Concomitant Medication Start Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication or description of the start of concomitant medication usage in relation to a specific point in time.

(Concomitant Medication Start Relative to Reference Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)

The day of the week that concomitant medication usage began.

(Concomitant Medication Start Day, NCI Thesaurus)

The date on which the concomitant medication usage begins.

(Concomitant Medication Start Date, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time a concomitant medication usage has concluded.

(Concomitant Medication Use End Date Time, NCI Thesaurus)

The day of the week that concomitant medication usage ended.

(Concomitant Medication Use End Day, NCI Thesaurus)

Current usage also applies this term to any genetic test.

(Mutation Analysis, NCI Dictionary)

An indication of whether concomitant medication usage has occurred.

(Concomitant Medication Yes No Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

A term used to describe the state or condition of concomitant medication usage data.

(Concomitant Medication Use Status, NCI Thesaurus)