a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice

the usages of the last 50 years.

the customary manner in which a language or a form of a language is spoken or written

English usage; a grammar based on usage rather than on arbitrary notions of correctness.

a particular instance of this

a usage borrowed from French.

any manner of doing or handling something; treatment

rough usage.

habitual or customary use; long-continued practice

immemorial usage.

an act of using or employing; use.

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acceptance , control , convention , currency , form , formula , habitude , handling , management , matter of course , method , mode , operation , practice , praxis , procedure , regime , regulation , rote , routine , rule , running , tradition , treatment , trick , use , way , wontnotes:the difference between use and usage consists primarily in the fact that the former has a specific , the latter a general sense , application , employment , exertion , implementation , play , utilization , consuetude , habit , manner , usance , wont , custom , grammar , interest , system