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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/
- /ʌs/
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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 uses word
- verb with object uses to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 1
- verb with object uses to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities. 1
- verb with object uses to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 1
- verb with object uses to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. 1
- verb with object uses to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends. 1
- verb with object uses to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. 1
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Origin of uses
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 Uses
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uses popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% 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".
uses usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uses
verb uses
- abuses — Plural form of abuse.
- converses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of converse.
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- exploits — Plural form of exploit.
- finishes — Plural form of finish.
noun uses
- applications — Plural form of application.
- cleanups — Plural form of cleanup.
- committals — Plural form of committal.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- desiderata — something wanted or needed.