usage
/ˈjusɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here."
- "Mrs. Wickam, agreeably to the usage of some ladies in her condition, pursued […] the subject, without any compunction."
- "Demand continues to increase, and in 2023-24 recorded usage was higher than pre-COVID, with 384,000 passenger journeys in total (of which 247,000 were at the town location). At the other end of the branch, Truro station had usage of 1.19 million, of which 255,000 were recorded as interchange passengers."
- "In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage."
- "The years roll by as they always do, and more examples of pIqaD usage for Klingon have been coming to light. Does this still not count as usage?"
- "usage prescriptions"
Etymology
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman usagebor. Middle English usage English usage From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage. By surface analysis, use + -age.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: usage, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjusɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
ill-usage
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usage guide
usage label
usage lexicography
usage note
usage panel
usage share