The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
Source: tatoeba (1963)
Usage
/ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/
Synonyms for "usage" (185 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Noun(7 words)
acceptanceacceptationacceptionactive useadjectival phraseantonymapplianceapplicationarticulationautomatismbad habitbon toncareceremonycharacteristicchoicechoice of wordsclausecompositionconformity
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Strong matches (56)
dictionemployemploymentestablished wayetiquetteexerciseexertionexpressionfashionfolkwayforce of habitformformalityformulationfree formgood usegrammarguardianshipguidanceguiding
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Related words (92)
moresnoun phraseobservanceoperationparagraphparlanceparolepatternpeculiar expressionpeculiarityperiodpersonal usagephrasal idiomphrasephraseologyphrasingpolysyllablepracticepraxispreference
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prescriptionprincipleprocedureproceedingprocessproper thingprotocolreceived meaningrhetoricritualrough usageroutinesecond naturesentenceserviceset phrasesocial conventionspeechstandard behaviorstandard phrasestandard usagestanding customstereotypestereotyped behaviorstewardshipsyllablesynonymsyntactic structuretalktendencytermtime-honored practicetonguetraditiontreatmenttrickturn of expressionturn of phraseuseuse of wordsusing upusus loquendiutteranceverb complexverb phraseverbalismverbiageverbumvocablewayway of speakingwhat is donewontwontingwordword-groupwordagewordingwrong use
Noun(11 words)
practicesuppositoriestraditionusanceuse energyuse with gearuses of manufactured materialusingutilisationword choicewording
Verb(2 words)
uses electrical energyusing electricity
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More general
11 entriesMore specific
6 entriesclassroom routinecolloquial languagedaily routineformal dictionmaterial usetool use
Collocations
6 entrieshabitual usagelanguage usageproper usageusage guideusage statisticsword usage
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- обичай noun (habit or accepted practice)
- употреба noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Catalan
1 entries- ús noun (habit or accepted practice)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 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)
Esperanto
1 entries- lingvaĵo noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Finnish
3 entries- kielenkäyttö noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- käytäntö noun (habit or accepted practice)
- puhetapa noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
French
3 entries- coutume noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usage noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usage noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Galician
4 entries- emprego noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- hábito noun (habit or accepted practice)
- usanza noun (habit or accepted practice)
- uso noun (habit or accepted practice)
German
2 entries- Brauch noun (habit or accepted practice)
- Gebrauch noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyakorlat noun (habit or accepted practice)
- szokás noun (habit or accepted practice)
- szóhasználat noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Indonesian
1 entries- praktik berbahasa noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Italian
2 entries- usi noun (habit or accepted practice)
- uso noun (habit or accepted practice)
Japanese
4 entries- 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)
- 習慣 noun (habit or accepted practice)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഉപയോഗം noun (habit or accepted practice)
- ഉപയോഗരീതി noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Norwegian
2 entries- anvendelse noun (habit or accepted practice)
- bruk noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
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
3 entries- emprego noun (habit or accepted practice)
- emprego noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- uso noun (habit or accepted practice)
Russian
4 entries- обы́чай noun (habit or accepted practice)
- обыкнове́ние noun (habit or accepted practice)
- привы́чка noun (habit or accepted practice)
- словоупотребление noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Serbo-Croatian
3 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)
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 (habit or accepted practice)
- usos noun (habit or accepted practice)
Telugu
2 entries- వాడుక noun (habit or accepted practice)
- వాడుక noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зви́чай noun (habit or accepted practice)
- слововжи́ток noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- слововжива́ння noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
- у́зус noun (the way words are spoken or written in a community)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
As an Englishman, he is particularly sensitive to the differences between English and American usage.
Source: tatoeba (26139)
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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Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.