usage

noun

The act of using something; use, employment.

Utilization.

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.

A custom or established practice.

Habit, practice.

(uncountable) Custom, tradition.

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

(now archaic) Action towards someone; treatment, especially in negative sense.

Roots

utorus- · Latin · use

Synonyms for usage

usen consumptionn customn

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Where does usage come from?

The word usage breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root us-, from Latin utor (“use”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.