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usuage

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Obsolete form of usage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

usage; consumption or utilisation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: engineering and services

Examples

  • 1958, Norman Burns, "M-P PLANS AND PROJECTS", Merrill-Palmer Quarterly (1954-1958), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 120–121. JSTOR On the validity of this slogan we do have some evidence; studies of library usuage indicate rather clearly that the library is not, in fact, the heart of the instructional program — that use of the library by students is mainly confined to assigned readings.

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