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  USAGE, n.  The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and
  Third being Custom and Conventionality.  Imbued with a decent
  reverence for this Holy Triad an industrious writer may hope to
  produce books that will live as long as the fashion.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Usage \Us"age\, n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See Use.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment;
        conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good
        usage; ill usage; hard usage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My brother
              Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands
              He hath good usage and great liberty. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Manners; conduct; behavior. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A gentle nymph was found,
              Hight Astery, excelling all the crew
              In courteous usage.                   --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure;
        custom; habitual use; method. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It has now been, during many years, the grave and
              decorous
              usage of Parliaments to hear, in respectful silence,
              all expressions, acceptable or unacceptable, which
              are uttered from the throne.          --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a
        particular sense or signification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Experience. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In eld [old age] is both wisdom and usage.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Custom; use; habit.
  
     Usage: Usage, Custom. These words, as here compared,
            agree in expressing the idea of habitual practice; but
            a custom is not necessarily a usage. A custom may
            belong to many, or to a single individual. A usage
            properly belongs to the great body of a people. Hence,
            we speak of usage, not of custom, as the law of
            language. Again, a custom is merely that which has
            been often repeated, so as to have become, in a good
            degree, established. A usage must be both often
            repeated and of long standing. Hence, we speak of a
            ``hew custom,'' but not of a ``new usage.'' Thus,
            also, the ``customs of society'' is not so strong an
            expression as the ``usages of society.'' ``Custom, a
            greater power than nature, seldom fails to make them
            worship.'' --Locke. ``Of things once received and
            confirmed by use, long usage is a law sufficient.''
            --Hooker. In law, the words usage and custom are often
            used interchangeably, but the word custom also has a
            technical and restricted sense. See Custom, n., 3.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Usage \Us"age\, n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See Use.]
     1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment;
        conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good
        usage; ill usage; hard usage.
  
              My brother Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose
              hands He hath good usage and great liberty. --Shak.
  
     2. Manners; conduct; behavior. [Obs.]
  
              A gentle nymph was found, Hight Astery, excelling
              all the crew In courteous usage.      --Spenser.
  
     3. Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure;
        custom; habitual use; method. --Chaucer.
  
              It has now been, during many years, the grave and
              decorous usage of Parliaments to hear, in respectful
              silence, all expressions, acceptable or
              unacceptable, which are uttered from the throne.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     4. Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a
        particular sense or signification.
  
     5. Experience. [Obs.]
  
              In eld [old age] is both wisdom and usage.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
     Syn: Custom; use; habit.
  
     Usage: Usage, Custom. These words, as here compared,
            agree in expressing the idea of habitual practice; but
            a custom is not necessarily a usage. A custom may
            belong to many, or to a single individual. A usage
            properly belongs to the great body of a people. Hence,
            we speak of usage, not of custom, as the law of
            language. Again, a custom is merely that which has
            been often repeated, so as to have become, in a good
            degree, established. A usage must be both often
            repeated and of long standing. Hence, we speak of a
            ``hew custom,'' but not of a ``new usage.'' Thus,
            also, the ``customs of society'' is not so strong an
            expression as the ``usages of society.'' ``Custom, a
            greater power than nature, seldom fails to make them
            worship.'' --Locke. ``Of things once received and
            confirmed by use, long usage is a law sufficient.''
            --Hooker. In law, the words usage and custom are often
            used interchangeably, but the word custom also has a
            technical and restricted sense. See Custom, n., 3.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  usage
       n 1: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
            drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn:
            use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise]
       2: accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usance]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 η συνήθεια
     2 η χρήση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     Middle French n.
     habit; custom
     n.
     1 Habit, practice.
     2 # A custom or established practice. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en uncountable) custom, tradition. (from 14th c.)
     4 Utilization.
     5 # The act of using something; use, employment. (from 14th c.)
     6 # (senseid en language) The established custom of using language;
  the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used,
  especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. (from
  14th c.)
     7 # (lb en now archaic) Action towards someone; treatment, especially
  in negative sense. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     n.
     1 Habit, practice.
     2 # A custom or established practice. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en uncountable) custom, tradition. (from 14th c.)
     4 Utilization.
     5 # The act of using something; use, employment. (from 14th c.)
     6 # (senseid en language) The established custom of using language;
  the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used,
  especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. (from
  14th c.)
     7 # (lb en now archaic) Action towards someone; treatment, especially
  in negative sense. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     Middle French n.
     habit; custom
     n.
     1 Habit, practice.
     2 # A custom or established practice. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en uncountable) custom, tradition. (from 14th c.)
     4 Utilization.
     5 # The act of using something; use, employment. (from 14th c.)
     6 # (senseid en language) The established custom of using language;
  the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used,
  especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. (from
  14th c.)
     7 # (lb en now archaic) Action towards someone; treatment, especially
  in negative sense. (from 16th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     Middle French n.
     habit; custom
     n.
     1 Habit, practice.
     2 # A custom or established practice. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en uncountable) custom, tradition. (from 14th c.)
     4 Utilization.
     5 # The act of using something; use, employment. (from 14th c.)
     6 # (senseid en language) The established custom of using language;
  the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used,
  especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. (from
  14th c.)
     7 # (lb en now archaic) Action towards someone; treatment, especially
  in negative sense. (from 16th c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     Ranska n.
     1 käyttö
     2 käytäntö, tapa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  usage
     Franska n.
     bruk, användning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Usage /jˈuːsɪdʒ/
  الإستعمال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  usage //ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ// //ˈjuːzɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. употреба 2.
  act of using something; use
   3.
  the way words are spoken or written in a community
  2. обичай
  habit or accepted practice