use
Meaning
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- The act of using.
- The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (obsolete) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
- Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
- (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
Synonyms
make use of
wield
economic consumption
require
make things of
use of goods and services
turn to account
benefit from
take advantage of something
software application
behaviour pattern
setting in motion
behavior pattern
put onto
resort to
right to use
avail oneself
treat as though
address
help oneself to
avail oneself of
be used to
familiar spirit
have recourse to
press against
the good
treat as
usefullness
work with
play a trick
going as envoy
prop oneself up with
be addicted to
ability
benefir
play about with
get accustomed
sport with
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/juːs/
Etymology
Noun from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ūtor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (see note) from Old English notu, Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt, Old English fricu, and Old English sidu. Verb from Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Medieval Latin usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Displaced native Middle English noten, nutten (“to use”) (from Old English notian, nēotan, nyttian) and Middle English brouken, bruken (“to use, enjoy”) (from Old English brūcan).
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