Synonym: handling, method, practice, procedure, treatment, use, way. Similar words: sausage, sage, visage, message, passage, corsage, presage, massage. Meaning: ['juːsɪdʒ] 
n. 1. the act of using 2. accepted or habitual practice.
n. 1. the act of using 2. accepted or habitual practice. 
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1. The tractor had been damaged by rough usage.
2. This instrument will not stand rough usage.
3. The word "undertaker" had long been in common usage.
4. It's not a word in common usage .
5. Machines soon wear out under rough usage.
6. With normal usage, the equipment should last at least five years.
7. Drug usage by teenagers has increased in recent years.
8. That word is no longer in common usage.
9. This word has virtually dropped out of usage today.
10. Dictionary definitions tend to show stereotypical patterns of usage.
11. Usage of computers in schools is increasing.
12. That phrase has come into usage.
13. The term "eco-tourism" entered common usage in the 1990s.
14. Sports equipment is designed to withstand hard usage.
15. Languages develop continually through usage.
16. The usage is now firmly indurated.
17. Car usage is predicted to increase.
18. Many had complained about the usage they'd received at his hands.
19. He was a stickler for the correct usage of English.
20. The restrictions on water usage have been lifted now that the river levels are normal.sentencedict.com
21. It's very definitely a usage which has come over to Britain from America.
22. If your water usage is very small it may be worthwhile opting for a meter.
23. Actual usage of the word is different from the meaning given in the dictionary.
24. She lays a lot of emphasis on the usage of prepositions.
25. The earliest recorded usage of the word is in the twelfth century.
26. Water usage is increasing.
27. In his lecture, he bore down on the importance of idiomatic usage in a language.
28. The word has a slightly different meaning in popular usage.
29. Parts of the motor wore out because of constant usage.
30. The wrong pronunciation of the word is sanctioned by public usage.
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