usage — meaning in English

English meaning

• usage noun The act or amount of using something, such as electricity, data, or a resource.
• use verb To employ something for a particular purpose.

Senses

usage is used for these senses in English:

• usage 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.]

usage — full definition

1. noun The act or amount of using something, such as electricity, data, or a resource.
2. noun The way words or phrases are conventionally used by a particular group of speakers.

use — full definition

1. verb To employ something for a particular purpose.
2. noun The act of using something, or a purpose it serves.

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