usage

Other forms of usage

plural

usages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about usage

What does usage mean?

usage means "the act of using". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in usage?

usage has 2 syllables: u-sage. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjusədʒ/.

What is another word for usage?

Close synonyms include use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is usage a common word?

usage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.