usage

About 14.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Habit, practice. A custom or established practice. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} Custom, tradition.
2. noun A custom or established practice. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. noun Custom, tradition.
4. noun Utilization. The act of using something; use, employment. The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.

   In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage.

5. noun The act of using something; use, employment.
6. noun The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.

   In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage.

7. noun Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.

   In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage.

8. noun Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).

   usage prescriptions

Similar words

custom utilization utilisation use employment exercise habit used reliance purpose

Often followed by

of and in is to by for has as

Word family

usages