verwenden

Meaning

1. (irregular,weak) to use, to employ, to apply
2. (irregular,weak) to make expenses applied on a material object
3. (formal,irregular,reflexive,weak) to intercede
4. (irregular,obsolete,weak) to turn away

Concepts

use

employ

apply

make use of

turn to account

practice

utilize

administer

assign

practise

utilise

add

append

attach

lay

lay down

paste

place

put

put down

put on

put onto

set

exert

put into practice

appropriate

circulate

take

set aside

intercede

spend

Hyphenated as

ver‧wen‧den

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛɐ̯ˈvɛndn̩/

Etymology

From Middle High German verwenden, ferwenden, from Old High German firwenten (“to turn away, avert, dissuade, hold back”), equivalent to ver- + wenden. Cognate with Middle Low German vörwenden, German Low German verwenden.

Sentences

Tatsächliche mathematische Modelle sollten präzise Daten angemessener , zusammengehöriger Studienzeiten verwenden .

Actual mathematical models should use precise data of appropriate, related periods of study.