use

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[edit] Etymology 1

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.

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use (plural uses)

  1. The act of using.
    The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
    There is no use for your invention.
  2. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
    What's the use of a law that nobody abides to?
  3. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
    This tool has many uses.
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terms derived from use (noun)
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act of using
usefulness
function
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[edit] Etymology 2

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).

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Rhymes: -uːz
Homophones: ewes, yews, yous, youse

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use (third-person singular simple present uses, present participle using, simple past and past participle used)

  1. (archaic) To accustom; to habituate.
  2. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
    Use this knife to slice the bread.
    We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
  3. (transitive, often with “up”) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing
    We should use up most of the fuel.
  4. (transitive) To exploit.
    I could really use your help.
  5. (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.
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terms derived from use (verb)
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employ, apply

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use

  1. first-person singular present indicative of user
  2. third-person singular present indicative of user
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of user
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of user
  5. second-person singular imperative of user

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ūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of ūsus

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use

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb usar.
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb usar.
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb usar.
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb usar.

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use (infinitive usar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of usar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of usar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of usar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of usar.
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