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Which the in categoryENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): /ˈjuːsid͡ʒ/, /ˈjuːzid͡ʒ/
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IPA(key): /ˈjuːsid͡ʒ/, /ˈjuːzid͡ʒ/
Which the in categoryENGLISH - NOUN
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English - Noun
USAGE (_plural_ USAGES)
* The manner or the amount of using; use
* Habit or accepted practice
* (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
* Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
* Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.
DERIVED TERMS
* usage dictionary
* usage guide
* usage label
* usage lexicography
* usage note
* usage panel
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REFERENCES
* “usage” in R.R.K. Hartmann and Gregory James, _Dictionary of Lexicography_, Routledge, 1998.
* Sydney I. Landau (2001), _Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography,_ 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, p 217.
usage (plural usages)
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The manner or the amount of using; use
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Habit or accepted practice
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(lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
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Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
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Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.
Which the in categoryENGLISH - ANAGRAMS
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English - Anagrams
* agues, gause
Which the in categoryFRENCH - ETYMOLOGY
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Which the in categoryFRENCH - NOUN
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Which the in categoryFRENCH - ANAGRAMS
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French - Anagrams
* auges, sauge, suage
Which the in categoryFRENCH - EXTERNAL LINKS
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French - External Links
* “usage” in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).
Which the in categoryMIDDLE FRENCH - NOUN
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