Antonyms for usage


Grammar : Noun
Spell : yoo-sij, -zij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ


Definition of usage

Origin :
  • c.1300, "established practice, custom," from Anglo-French and Old French usage "custom, habit, experience," from us, from Latin usus "use, custom" (see use (v.)).
  • noun habit, custom
Example sentences :
  • This usage, cousin Clary, was not till all other means were tried with you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • That is a name for our habitation, which has since grown up into usage.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Language has many varieties of usage: grammar tries to reduce them to a single one.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • In conformity with Oriental usage, the congregation was divided according to the sexes.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • What was the origin and significance of the usage to which allusion is here made?
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850 » by Various
  • The usage was noted even as early as the eighteenth century.
  • Extract from : « The Hindu-Arabic Numerals » by David Eugene Smith
  • It arises from prescription (Greek: θεματισμὡ), from usage, or from nature.
  • Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
  • This is said to be a usage handed down from the Middle Ages.
  • Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
  • The wise man has only custom and usage to guide him in his acts.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • The baron meeting Foote complained of this usage, and asked what he should do?
  • Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon

Synonyms for usage

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