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use
[ verb yooz yoost; noun yoos ]
verb (used with object)
- to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of:
to use a knife.
- to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes:
to use the facilities.
- to expend or consume in use:
We have used the money provided.
Synonyms: ,
- to treat or behave toward:
He did not use his employees with much consideration.
- to take unfair advantage of; exploit:
to use people to gain one's own ends.
- to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually:
to use drugs.
- to habituate or accustom.
Synonyms: ,
- Archaic. to practice habitually or customarily; make a practice of.
verb (used without object)
- to be accustomed or customarily found (used with an infinitive expressed or understood, and, except in archaic use, now only in the past):
He used to go every day.
- Archaic. to resort, stay, or dwell customarily.
noun
- the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
the use of tools.
- the state of being employed or used.
Synonyms: , , ,
- an instance or way of employing or using something:
proper use of the tool; the painter's use of color.
Synonyms:
- a way of being employed or used; a purpose for which something is used:
He was of temporary use. The instrument has different uses.
- the power, right, or privilege of employing or using something:
to lose the use of the right eye; to be denied the use of a library card.
- service or advantage in or for being employed or used; utility or usefulness:
of no practical use.
- help; profit; resulting good:
What's the use of pursuing the matter?
- occasion or need, as for something to be employed or used:
Would you have any use for another calendar?
- continued, habitual, or customary employment or practice; custom:
to follow the prevailing use of such occasions.
- Law.
- the enjoyment of property, as by the employment, occupation, or exercise of it.
- the benefit or profit of lands and tenements in the possession of another who simply holds them for the beneficiary.
- the equitable ownership of land to which the legal title is in another's name.
- Liturgy. the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church, diocese, community, etc.
- usual or customary experience.
verb phrase
- to consume entirely.
- to exhaust of vigor or usefulness; finish:
By the end of the war he felt used up and sick of life.
use
verb
- to put into service or action; employ for a given purpose
to use a spoon to stir with
- to make a practice or habit of employing; exercise
he uses his brain
- to behave towards
to use a friend well
- to behave towards in a particular way for one's own ends
he uses people
- to consume, expend, or exhaust
the engine uses very little oil
- to partake of (alcoholic drink, drugs, etc) or smoke (tobacco, marijuana, etc)
noun
- the act of using or the state of being used
the carpet wore out through constant use
- the ability, right, or permission to use
- the occasion to use; need
I have no use for this paper
- an instance or manner of using
- usefulness; advantage
it is of no use to complain
- custom; practice; habit
long use has inured him to it
- the purpose for which something is used; end
- Christianity a distinctive form of liturgical or ritual observance, esp one that is traditional in a Church or group of Churches
- the enjoyment of property, land, etc, by occupation or by deriving revenue or other benefit from it
- law the beneficial enjoyment of property the legal title to which is held by another person as trustee
- law an archaic word for trust
- philosophy logic linguistics the occurrence of an expression in such a context that it performs its own linguistic function rather than being itself referred to. In " Fido " refers to Fido, the name Fido is 'used' only on the second occurrence, first being mentioned Compare mention See also material mode
- have no use for
- to have no need of
- to have a contemptuous dislike for
- make use of
- to employ; use
- to exploit (a person)
Confusables Note
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 尘耻濒顎僼颈路耻蝉别顎 adjective
- 苍辞苍路耻蝉别顎 noun
- 苍辞苍路耻蝉顎僫苍驳 adjective
- 谤别路耻蝉别顎 verb reused reusing noun
- 耻苍顎卍别谤路耻蝉别顎 verb (used with object) underused underusing noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of use1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of use1
Idioms and Phrases
- have no use for,
- to have no occasion or need for:
She appears to have no use for the city.
- to refuse to tolerate; discount:
He had no use for his brother.
- to have a distaste for; dislike:
He has no use for dictators.
- make use of, to use for one's own purposes; employ:
Charitable organizations will make use of your old furniture and clothing.
- of no use, of no advantage or help: Also no use.
It's of no use to look for that missing earring. It's no use asking her to go.
- put to use, to apply; employ to advantage:
What a shame that no one has put that old deserted mansion to use!
More idioms and phrases containing use
- have no use for
- make use of
- no use
- put to good use
- used
Example Sentences
In an unusual twist in the governor鈥檚 race, a wealthy Democratic businessman is suing former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa over the use of a common phrase in political campaigns.
Ukraine has 7% of Europe's supplies of titanium, a lightweight metal used in the construction of everything from aeroplanes to power stations.
As well as game purchasing, another example of how this would work is a movie-streaming service being able to tell customers to subscribe via its own website, without using Apple's in-app purchasing mechanism.
Gonzalez Rogers also found that Apple abused its use of attorney-client confidentiality in seeking to shield information from Epic and must pay the company鈥檚 legal fees it spent fighting for documents.
Similar programs are being used in Washington, D.C., and New York City as the use of AI continues to expand for travel safety.
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When To Use
What is another way to say use?
To use something is to employ it for some purpose or to put it into service. How is use different from utilize? Find out on .
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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