Synonyms for usage
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Utilization — utilization. The act of using something; use, employment
use, utilization, utilisation UK, practice US, practise UK, exercise, employment
Other
way, treatment, habit, prescription, procedure, manners, fashion, convention, observance, wont, habitude
Definitions
- n. 1
Utilization. The act of using something; use, employment.
- n. 2
Habit, practice. A custom or established practice.
[S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here.
Related words
- Word family
- usagist
- Phrases
- usage share
Forms
- Plural
- usages → uses, utilizations, practices, exercises…
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Use and usage denote the manner of using something; we speak of one person's use of language, but of the usage of many; a use or usage is almost always a habit.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- practice It takes years of practice to play the piano well.
- utilization To improve profits, we need to increase the utilization of our factory.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| usage | steady | |
| practice | steady | |
| utilization | falling | |
| usance | falling | |
| habitude | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, use1
- 4 letters
- wont1
- 5 letters
- habit2
- 6 letters
- custom2, usance
- 7 letters
- fashion2, manners2
- 8 letters
- practice2, exercise3, practise2, habitude
- 9 letters
- treatment2, procedure3
- 10 letters
- employment3, convention3, observance3
- 11 letters
- utilization5, utilisation
- 12 letters
- prescription3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (habit2 = 2 syllables).