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usage

noun
/ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman usagebor. Middle English usage English usage From Middle English usage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French usage. Equivalent to use + -age.

  1. derived from usage
  2. inherited from usage

Definitions

  1. Habit, practice.

    • [S]everal young people sung sacred music in the churchyard at night, which it seems is an usage here.
    • Mrs. Wickam, agreeably to the usage of some ladies in her condition, pursued […] the subject, without any compunction.

  2. Utilization.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at usage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at usage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at usage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA