usage

1. The act of using (synset 100948944)
   "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • practice - the exercise of a profession
   • play - utilization or exercise
   • abuse, misuse - improper or excessive use
   • development, exploitation - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
   • recycling - the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
   • application, practical application - the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
   same as: employment, exercise, use, utilisation, utilization
2. Accepted or habitual practice (synset 100414252)
   is a type of:

   • pattern, practice - a customary way of operation or behavior
   • survival - something that survives
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • 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
   • germanism - a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens
   • habit, use - (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
   • hijab - the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home
   • rite, ritual - any customary observance or practice
   same as: custom, usance
3. The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written (synset 106294112)
   "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
   is a type of: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

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