The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
Source: tatoeba (1963)
Usage
//ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "usage" (169 found)
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Strong matches (51)
Related words (84)
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Noun(4 words)
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8 entriesderived from
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9 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χρῆσις noun (act of using something; use)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِخْدَام noun (act of using something; use)
Assamese
1 entries- ব্যৱহাৰ noun (act of using something; use)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обичай noun (habit or accepted practice)
- употреба noun (act of using something; use)
- употреба noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Catalan
2 entries- ús noun (act of using something; use)
- ús noun (habit or accepted practice)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 用法 noun (act of using something; use)
- 習慣 /习惯 noun (habit or accepted practice)
Czech
1 entries- jazyková praxe noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Dutch
1 entries- gebruik noun (act of using something; use)
Esperanto
2 entries- lingvaĵo noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- uzado noun (act of using something; use)
Finnish
4 entries- kielenkäyttö noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- käsittely noun (act of using something; use)
- käyttö noun (act of using something; use)
- käytäntö noun (habit or accepted practice)
French
4 entries- coutume noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usage noun (act of using something; use)
- usage noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usage noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Galician
4 entries- emprego noun (act of using something; use)
- emprego noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- hábito noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usanza noun (habit or accepted practice)
Georgian
3 entries- გამოყენება noun (act of using something; use)
- მოხმარება noun (act of using something; use)
- სარგებლობა noun (act of using something; use)
German
4 entries- Anwendung noun (act of using something; use)
- Benutzung noun (act of using something; use)
- Brauch noun (habit or accepted practice)
- Gebrauch noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Greek
1 entries- χρήση noun (act of using something; use)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyakorlat noun (habit or accepted practice)
- használat noun (act of using something; use)
- szokás noun (habit or accepted practice)
- szóhasználat noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Indonesian
3 entries- pakai noun (act of using something; use)
- pemakaian noun (act of using something; use)
- praktik berbahasa noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Italian
4 entries- usi noun (habit or accepted practice)
- uso noun (habit or accepted practice)
- utilizzi noun (act of using something; use)
- utilizzo noun (act of using something; use)
Japanese
4 entries- 使い方 noun (act of using something; use)
- 使い方 noun (habit or accepted practice)
- 使い方 noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- 用法 noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Kazakh
1 entries- қолданыс noun (act of using something; use)
Latin
1 entries- ūsus noun (act of using something; use)
Latvian
2 entries- lietojumi noun (act of using something; use)
- lietojums noun (act of using something; use)
Malayalam
4 entries- ഉപയോഗം noun (act of using something; use)
- ഉപയോഗം noun (habit or accepted practice)
- ഉപയോഗരീതി noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- വിനിയോഗം noun (act of using something; use)
Māori
1 entries- whakamahinga noun (act of using something; use)
Norwegian
3 entries- anvendelse noun (habit or accepted practice)
- bruk noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- bruksområde noun (act of using something; use)
Persian
1 entries- کاربرد noun (act of using something; use)
Polish
4 entries- praktyka noun (habit or accepted practice)
- praktyka językowa noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- uzus noun (habit or accepted practice)
- uzus językowy noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Portuguese
4 entries- emprego noun (habit or accepted practice)
- emprego noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- uso noun (act of using something; use)
- uso noun (habit or accepted practice)
Russian
4 entries- испо́льзование noun (act of using something; use)
- обраще́ние noun (act of using something; use)
- обы́чай noun (habit or accepted practice)
- обыкнове́ние noun (habit or accepted practice)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विनियोगः noun (act of using something; use)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jezična izvedba noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- jezična praksa noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- jezična uporaba noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- upotreba noun (act of using something; use)
Slovak
1 entries- jazyková prax noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Spanish
4 entries- usaje (disused) noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usanza noun (habit or accepted practice)
- uso noun (act of using something; use)
- uso noun (habit or accepted practice)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠁꠍ꠆ꠔꠦꠝꠣꠟ noun (act of using something; use)
- ꠛꠦꠛꠀꠞ noun (act of using something; use)
Telugu
3 entries- వాడుక noun (act of using something; use)
- వాడుక noun (habit or accepted practice)
- వాడుక noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вжи́ток noun (act of using something; use)
- використа́ння noun (act of using something; use)
- зви́чай noun (habit or accepted practice)
- кори́стува́ння noun (act of using something; use)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
As an Englishman, he is particularly sensitive to the differences between English and American usage.
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The distinction in usage between the two words is clear.
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Mr Jones is very sensitive to the nuances of English and American usage.
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