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Synonyms for usage
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : yoo-sij, -zij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ |
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Définition 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
- 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
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