Synonyms: custom, usage, usance
Definition: accepted or habitual practice
Similar words: practice, pattern
Definition: a customary way of operation or behavior
Usage: it is their practice to give annual raises; they changed their dietary pattern
Similar words: survival
Definition: something that survives
Synonyms: usage, use, utilisation, utilization, employment, exercise
Definition: the act of using
Usage: he warned against the use of narcotic drugs; skilled in the utilization of computers
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: usage
Definition: the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
Usage: English usage; a usage borrowed from French
Similar words: language, linguistic communication
Definition: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
Usage: he taught foreign languages; the language introduced is standard throughout the text; the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written