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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method |
| Synonyms: | address, approach, art, artistry, capability, capacity, course, craft, delivery, execution, facility, fashion, knack*, know-how, manner, means, mode, modus, modus operandi, performance, procedure, proficiency, routine, skill, style, system, tactics, technic, touch, usage, way, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | usage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habit, custom |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, control, convention, currency, form, formula, habitude, handling, management, matter of course, method, mode, operation, practice, praxis, procedure, regime, regulation, rote, routine, rule, running, tradition, treatment, trick, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | the difference between use and usage consists primarily in the fact that the former has a specific, the latter a general sense |
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method, technique |
| Synonyms: | action, approach, contrivance, course, course of action, custom, design, expedient, fashion, form, groove*, habit, habitude, hang-up, hook*, idea, instrument, kick, manner, means, measure, mode, modus, move, outline, plan, plot, policy, practice, procedure, process, scheme, shot, step, stroke, style, system, tack, thing*, usage, use, vehicle, wise, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regimen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | systematic plan |
| Synonyms: | administration, control, diet, government, menu, procedure, process, regime, rule, system |
| Main Entry: | habitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rubric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule |
| Synonyms: | course, custom, dictate, formula, habit, normalcy, normality, order of things, policy, practice, prescript, procedure, regulation, routine |
| Main Entry: | usance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove*, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot*, swim, thing*, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mechanics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mechanical details |
| Synonyms: | logistics, mechanism, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, procedures, workings |
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| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
a la mode, acid washed, aesthetic, after one's fancy, allover, artistic, attic, banded, bardocucullated, bonded, bruffed, camisated, capistrate, castorial, chaste, clad, classical, colorfast, cultivated, custom, damasse, designer, diaphanous, dight, dighted, discinct, dizened, dressmaker, elegant, endimanché, euphemistic, figured, fin, frayed, full, habited, in court dress, in evening dress, in good taste, invested, jimpricute, long, missy, motley, nubby, ocreate, off, peekaboo, preshrunk, prewashed, pure, raveled, ready, reversible, sartorial, sericeous, shod, short, standaway, stonewashed, strapless, subvestimentary, tasteful, tasty, threadbare, to one's mind, to one's taste, tonnish, two, unisize, vestiary, water, waterproof, yclad, youthy
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