use
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- uſe (archaic)
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin usus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of uti (“use”). Replaced native Middle English note (“use”) (See note) from Old English notu, and Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) enPR: yo͞os, IPA: /juːs/, X-SAMPA: /ju:s/
- (US) enPR: yo͞os, IPA: /jus/, X-SAMPA: /jus/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːs
Noun [edit]
use (plural uses)
- The act of using.
- The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
- There is no use for your invention.
- (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
- What's the use of a law that nobody abides to?
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- This tool has many uses.
- (obsolete)(rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- DON PEDRO. Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.
- BEATRICE. Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it, a double heart for a single one: [...]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
Synonyms [edit]
- (act of using): employment, usage, note, nait
- (usefulness): benefit, good, point, usefulness, utility, note, nait
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
act of using
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usefulness
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function
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Vulgar Latin *usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Replaced 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).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
use (third-person singular simple present uses, present participle using, simple past and past participle used)
- (archaic) To accustom; to habituate.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- Use this knife to slice the bread.
- We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
- (transitive, often with “up”) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing
- We should use up most of the fuel.
- (transitive) To exploit.
- You never cared about me, you just used me!
- (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.48:
- Peter Pol, doctor in divinitie used to sit upon his mule, who as Monstrelet reporteth, was wont to ride up and downe the streets of Paris, ever sitting sideling, as women use.
- 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.48:
- (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
- I used to get things done.
Synonyms [edit]
- (employ, apply, utilize): engage, utilise
- (exploit): take advantage of
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from use (verb)
Translations [edit]
employ, apply
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(rare) habitually do
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used to — see used to
References [edit]
- use in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Statistics [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Asturian [edit]
Verb [edit]
use
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /yz/
Verb [edit]
use
- first-person singular present indicative of user
- third-person singular present indicative of user
- first-person singular present subjunctive of user
- first-person singular present subjunctive of user
- second-person singular imperative of user
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
ūse
- vocative masculine singular of ūsus
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
use
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of usar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of usar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of usar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of usar
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
use (infinitive usar)
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