{
  "usage":{
    "the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "the machine's warranty does not cover malfunctions that result from improper usage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "application",
        "employment",
        "exercise",
        "operation",
        "play",
        "use"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "exertion",
        "reuse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disuse",
        "nonuse"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "usages":{
    "the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "the machine's warranty does not cover malfunctions that result from improper usage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "applications",
        "employments",
        "exercises",
        "operations",
        "plays",
        "uses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "exertions",
        "reuses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disuses",
        "nonuses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "usable":{
    "capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "although the spade is usable as a snow shovel, it doesn't do a very good job"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "available",
        "employable",
        "exploitable",
        "fit",
        "functional",
        "operable",
        "practicable",
        "serviceable",
        "useful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "applicable",
        "relevant",
        "doable",
        "feasible",
        "viable",
        "workable",
        "reusable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "impracticable",
        "inoperable",
        "nonfunctional",
        "unavailable",
        "unemployable",
        "unusable"
      ]
    },
    "capable of being put to use or account":{
      "examples":[
        "there's not a scrap of usable information in that article on finding the right pet for one's family"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "actionable",
        "applicable",
        "applicative",
        "applied",
        "functional",
        "practicable",
        "practical",
        "serviceable",
        "ultrapractical",
        "useful",
        "workable",
        "working"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "down-to-earth",
        "pragmatic",
        "pragmatical",
        "utilitarian",
        "banausic",
        "mundane",
        "accessible",
        "available",
        "obtainable",
        "reachable",
        "all-around",
        "all-round",
        "handy",
        "active",
        "alive",
        "busy",
        "employed",
        "functioning",
        "operating",
        "operative"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abstract",
        "academic",
        "academical",
        "armchair",
        "theoretical",
        "theoretic",
        "inaccessible",
        "unattainable",
        "unavailable",
        "unobtainable",
        "unreachable",
        "unsuitable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "impracticable",
        "impractical",
        "inapplicable",
        "nonpractical",
        "unusable",
        "unworkable",
        "useless"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}