· the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
Synonym(s): use, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
Hypernym(s): activity
· accepted or habitual practice
Hypernym(s): practice, pattern, survival
· the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
Hypernym(s): language, linguistic_communication