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# usage

«usage» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way words are used in a language, including what is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (usage, usages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Usage is the way words are used in a language, including what is right and normal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#m1)

2) Usage is how much of something is used: water usage, data usage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#m2)

3) Usage is the way something is used or treated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, "usage" notes explain how words are really used. In maths and science: energy or water usage per day, phone data usage, and graphs of usage. Phrases: in common usage, water usage, data usage, usage guide.

### examples

- The word "cool" has a new usage meaning great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x1)
- Our electricity usage goes up in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x2)
- Check your phone's data usage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x3)
- This word is not in common usage any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x4)
- The chart shows daily water usage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x5)
- Rough usage broke the toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x6)
- Usage notes in the dictionary help with grammar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x7)
- If usage is 20 litres a day, a week's usage is 140 litres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x8)
- He deferred, however, to universal usage when he entitled his volume "Les Contes en prose de Charles Perrault." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/#x9)

### note

Mostly uncountable. Pronounced YOO-sij. Trap: in many sentences "use" is simpler and better than "usage". Maths: usage × time = total amount used.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «usage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.