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- [verb yooz or for pt for mof 9, yoost; noun yoos]
- /verb yuz or for pt for mof 9, yust; noun yus/
- /ˈjuːs/
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- [verb yooz or for pt for mof 9, yoost; noun yoos]
- /verb yuz or for pt for mof 9, yust; noun yus/
Definitions of use word
- verb with object use to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 1
- verb with object use to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities. 1
- verb with object use to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 1
- verb with object use to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. 1
- verb with object use to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends. 1
- verb with object use to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. 1
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Origin of use
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English usen < Old French user < Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtī to use; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin ūsus act of using a thing, application, employment, equivalent to ūt-, stem of ūtī to use + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s
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Parts of speech for Use
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
use popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
use usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for use
verb use
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- advantaged — A person or place that is advantaged is in a better social or financial position than other people or places.
- ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
noun use
- application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
Antonyms for use
verb use
- abnegate — to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
noun use
- disuse — discontinuance of use or practice: Traditional customs are falling into disuse.
- forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
- longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- insuetude — (archaic) The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of habit.
- inusitation — (archaic) Lack of use; disuse.
adj use
- go without — be deprived of, not have
- lacker — to coat with lacquer.
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