| NOUN | act | usage, use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise | the act of using |
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| act | usage, custom, usance | accepted or habitual practice | |
| communication | usage | the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written |
| Sounds | yuw'sahjh; yuw'sihjh | |
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| Rhymes | acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... | |
| abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... | ||
| Meaning | The act of using. | |
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| Synonyms | use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise | |
| Narrower | application, practical application | The act of bringing something to bear |
| exploitation, development | The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
| misuse, abuse | Improper or excessive use | |
| play | utilization or exercise | |
| practice | The exercise of a profession | |
| recycling | The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | empleo, uso, utilización | |
| Catalan | ús, utilització | |
| Verbs | use | put into service |
| Meaning | accepted or habitual practice. | |
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| Synonyms | custom, usance | |
| Narrower | Americanism | A custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens |
| Anglicism, Britishism | A custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens | |
| Germanism | A custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens | |
| consuetude | A custom or usage that has acquired the force of law | |
| couvade | A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child | |
| habit, use | (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation | |
| hijab | The custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home / home | |
| ritual, rite | Any customary observance or practice | |
| Broader | practice, pattern | A customary way / way of operation or behavior |
| survival | Something that survives | |
| Spanish | costumbre, hábito, usanza, uso | |
| Catalan | costum, usatge, ús | |
| Verbs | use | habitually do something (use only in the past tense) |
| Meaning | The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written. | |
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| Broader | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
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