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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "use"}}

==English==
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===Etymology===
Noun from {{inh|en|enm|use}}, from {{der|en|fro|us}}, from {{der|en|la|ūsus|t=use, custom, skill, habit}}, from past participle stem of {{m|la|ūtor|t=use}}. Displaced native {{cog|enm|note|t=use}} (see [[note#Etymology_2|note]]) from {{cog|ang|notu}}, {{cog|enm|nutte|t=use}} from {{cog|ang|nytt}}, {{cog|ang|fricu}}, and {{cog|ang|sidu}}.

Verb from {{inh|en|enm|usen}}, from {{der|en|fro|user|t=use, employ, practice}}, from {{der|en|ML.|uso|usare|t=use}}, frequentative form of past participle stem of {{der|en|la|uti|t=to use}}. Displaced native {{cog|enm|noten}}, {{m|enm|nutten||to use}} (from {{cog|ang|notian}}, {{m|ang|nēotan}}, {{m|ang|nyttian}}) and {{cog|enm|brouken}}, {{m|enm|bruken|t=to use, enjoy}} (from {{cog|ang|brūcan}}).

===Pronunciation===
; Noun
* {{enPR|yo͞os|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/juːs/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-use.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{enPR|yo͞os|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/jus/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-use-noun.ogg|a=US}}
* {{enPR|yo͞os|a=AU}}, {{IPA|en|/jʉːs/}}
* {{IPA|en|/juːs/|a=CA}}
** {{IPA|en|/(j)ɪu̯s/|a=Ottawa Valley}}
* {{IPA|en|/jʉs/|a=Scotland,Northern Ireland}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːs|s=1}}
<!-- 1 syllable words !-->

; Verb
* {{enPR|yo͞oz|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/juːz/|/juːs/}} {{q|see usage notes}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-use2.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{enPR|yo͞oz|a=GenAm}}, {{IPA|en|/juz/|/jus/}} {{q|see usage notes}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-use.ogg|a=US}}
* {{enPR|yo͞os|a=AU}}, {{IPA|en|/jʉːz/}}
* {{IPA|en|/juːz/|a=CA}}
** {{IPA|en|/(j)ɪu̯z/|a=Ottawa Valley}}
* {{hmp|en|ewes|qq2=in most accents|yews|yous|youse}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːz|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# The act of using.
#: {{syn|en|employment|usage|note|nait}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''use''' of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/edpilkington Ed Pilkington]
|volume=188|issue=26|page=6|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/29/killer-robots-ban-un-warning &lsquo;Killer robots&rsquo; should be banned in advance, UN told]
|passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their '''use''' for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[consume|consuming]] [[alcohol]] or [[narcotic]]s.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Aging Brain|author=Timothy R. Jennings|year=2018|ISBN=9780801075223|page=93
|passage=Heavy alcohol '''use''' (2.5 drinks per day or more) at any age is unhealthy and should be avoided.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|followed by "of"}} [[usefulness|Usefulness]], [[benefit]].
#: {{syn|en|benefit|good|point|usefulness|utility|note|nait}}
#: {{ux|en|What's the '''use''' of a law that nobody follows?}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=7|passage=God made two great lights, great for their '''use''' / To man.|year=1873}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1731|chapter=Epistle IV: Of the Use of Riches|title=w:Moral Essays|author=w:Alexander Pope|newversion=republished in|title2=The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope|location2=Boston, New York|publisher2=Houghton, Mifflin and Company|year2=1902|page2=173|pageurl2=https://archive.org/details/completepoetical00pope/page/173|passage='Tis '''use''' alone that sanctifies expense.}}
# A [[function]]; a purpose for which something may be employed.
#: {{ux|en|This tool has many '''uses'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-26|author=w:Leo Hickman| volume=189| issue=7| page=26| magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly| title=[http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/01/how-algorithms-rule-world-nsa How algorithms rule the world]| passage=The '''use''' of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
# Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
#: {{ux|en|I have no further '''use''' for these textbooks.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|rare}} [[interest|Interest]] for lent money; [[premium]] paid for the use of something; [[usury]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing|2|1|text=DON PEDRO. Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.<br>BEATRICE. Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him '''use''' for it, a double heart for a single one: [...]}}
#* {{RQ:Taylor Holy Living|passage=Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, '''use''' and principal, to him.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=III|canto=I|stanza=13|passage=Let later age that noble '''vse''' enuie,}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet|I|ii|passage=How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, / Seem to me all the '''uses''' of this world!}}
#* {{RQ:Sarpi History of Trent|para=96|page=43|text=For the next yeere 1527. the negotiations of a Councell were buried in silence; according to the '''vse''' of humane affaires, that in the time of warre, prouision for lawes hath no place.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar|II|ii|passage=O Caesar! these things are beyond all '''use'''.}}
# {{lb|en|Christianity}} A special form of a [[rite]] adopted for use in a particular context, often a [[diocese]].
#: {{ux|en|the Sarum, or Canterbury, '''use'''; the York '''use'''; the [[Ordinariate]] '''use'''}}
#* {{RQ:Book of Common Prayer
|passage=From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one '''use'''.}}
# {{lb|en|forging}} 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.

====Hyponyms====
{{col4|en
|fair use
|misuse
|reuse
|underuse
}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|disuse| free use|out of use
|hyper-use
|in-use|dual-use|time-of-check to time-of-use
|misuse||time-of-use meter|time-of-use rates|time-use research|time-use survey|value in use
|neither use nor ornament
|overuse|dual-use research of concern|have no use for|use value
|reuse|drug use
|underuse
|useful
|useless
|usement| alcohol use disorder|as much use as a chocolate fireguard|as much use as a chocolate teapot|can I use your phone|cestuy que use|come in use|compassionate use|do you need to use the bathroom|ill-use|in use|it's no use|land-use|make use|meanwhile use|mixed-use|non-use|point of use|private-use character|put to good use|put to use|go out of use|{{l|en|no use}}<!--as in "it's no use" and "there's no use"-->|what's the use|single-use|terms of use|therapeutic use exemption|there's no use|there's no use crying over spilt milk|time-use|use and wont|use case|use tax|of use}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of using}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|اِسْتِعْمَال|m}}, {{t|ar|اِسْتِخْدَام|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օգտագործում}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|usu|m}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|erabilketa}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ужыва́нне|n}}, {{t|be|ўжыва́нне|n}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ব্যবহার}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|implij|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изпо́лзване|n}}, {{t+|bg|употре́ба|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|ús|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|gamit}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|用|tr=jung6}}, {{t|yue|使用|tr=si2 jung6}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|йүн}}, {{t|dng|сыйүн}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|用|tr=yòng}}, {{t+|cmn|使用|tr=shǐyòng}}, {{t+|cmn|利用|tr=lìyòng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|použití|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gebruik|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kasutama}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käyttö}}
* French: {{t+|fr|usage|m}}, {{t+|fr|emploi|m}}, {{t+|fr|utilisation|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|uso|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სარგებლობა}}, {{t|ka|გამოყენება}}, {{t|ka|ხმარება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Benutzung|f}}, {{t+|de|Anwendung|f}}, {{t+|de|Gebrauch|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρήση|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|χρῆσις|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שימוש|m|tr=shimúsh|alt=שימוש \ שִׁמּוּשׁ}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|gamit}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उपयोग|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|használat}}, {{t+|hu|felhasználás}}, {{t+|hu|alkalmazás}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|uso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|使用|tr=shiyō}}, {{t+|ja|利用|tr=riyō}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಬಳಕೆ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|사용}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|بەکارھێنان}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|bi kar anîn}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|ūsus|m}}, {{t|la|usurpatio|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|lietojums|m}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|kȭlbatõ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|употреба|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kegunaan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉപയോഗം}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|उपयोग}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|no|bruk|m|n}}, {{t+|no|anvendelse|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|bruk|m|n}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|nytt|f}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|хасен|m}}, {{t|rsk|хаснованє|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کاربرد|tr=kârbord}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|usagi|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|użycie|n}}, {{t+|pl|stosowanie|n}}, {{t+|pl|użytek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|uso|m}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਵਰਤੋਂ|m}}
*: Shahmukhi: {{t|pa|وَرْتوْں|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|folosire|f}}, {{t+|ro|uz|f}}, {{t+|ro|întrebuințare|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|niz|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|употребле́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|примене́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|испо́льзование|n}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|uiss}}, {{t|sco|uise}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|у̏потреба|f}}, {{t|sh|при̏мена|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ȕpotreba|f}}, {{t+|sh|prȉmena|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|použitie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|uporaba|f}}, {{t+|sl|raba|f}}
* Somali: {{t|so|isticmaal}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|uso|m}}, {{t|es|usanza|f}}, {{t+|es|utilización|f}}, {{t+|es|empleo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|matumizi|6}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|användning|c}}, {{t+|sv|bruk|n}}, {{t+|sv|nyttjande|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kullanma}}, {{t+|tr|kullanım}}, {{t+|tr|kullanış}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|вжива́ння|n}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|اِسْتِعْمال|m|tr=istiʿmāl}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|sự dùng}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|geb}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|ניץ|m}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|kar kerdış}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|usefulness}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օգուտ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|xeyir}}, {{t+|az|fayda}}, {{t+|az|mənfəət}}, {{t|az|səmərə}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|полза|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|用|tr=jung6}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nut|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hyödyllisyys}}, {{t+|fi|hyöty}}
* French: {{t+|fr|utilité|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|utilidade|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Nutzen|m}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρησιμότητα|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उपयोगिता|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|értelem}}, {{t+|hu|haszon}}, {{t+|hu|cél}} {{gloss|in phrases like {{l|hu|[[mi]] [[értelem|értelme]] ([[van]])…? [[mi]] [[haszon|haszna]]…? [[mi]] a [[cél]]ja…?}}}}, {{t|hu|[[mire]] [[jó]]…?}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|効用|tr=kōyō}}, {{t+|ja|為|tr=tame}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەڵک}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kegunaan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉപയോഗം}}, {{t+|ml|ഉപകാരം}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|nytte|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فایده|tr=fâyede}}, {{t+|fa|کاربرد|tr=kârbord}}, {{t|fa|استفادن}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|użytek|m}}, {{t+|pl|użyteczność|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|uso|m}}, {{t+|pt|utilidade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|utilitate|f}}, {{t+|ro|folosință|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́льза|n}}, {{t+|ru|прок|m}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|uiss}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|math|m}}
* Shor: {{t|cjs|туза|tr=tuza}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|utilidad|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|mening|c}}, {{t+|sv|syfte|n}}, {{t+|sv|nytta}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fayda}}, {{t+|tr|yarar}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|فائدہ|m|tr=fā'idah}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ích}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|function}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կիրառություն}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|usu|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|предназначение|n}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|použití|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|functie|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käyttötarkoitus}}, {{t|fi|käyttökohde}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|uso|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Funktion|f}}, {{t+|de|Zweck|m}}, {{t+|de|Verwendung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρήση|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उपयोग|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|cél}}, {{t+|hu|funkció}}, {{t+|hu|rendeltetés}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|用途|tr=yōto}}, {{t+|ja|使い道|tr=tsukaimichi}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|gunaan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉപയോഗം}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|funksjon|m}}, {{t+|nb|anvendelse|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کاربرد|tr=kârbord}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zastosowanie|n}}, {{t+|pl|funkcja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|uso|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|funcție|f}}, {{t+|ro|întrebuințare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|примене́ние|n}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|uiss}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|función|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|användande|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kullanış}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کام|m|tr=kām}}, {{t|ur|مَقْصَد|m|tr=maqṣad}}, {{t|ur|مَقاصِد|m-p|tr=maqāṣid}}, {{t|ur|فائدہ|m|tr=fā'idah}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To utilize or employ.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[employ]]; to [[apply]]; to [[utilize]].
##: {{ux|en|'''Use''' this knife to slice the bread.}}
##: {{ux|en|We can '''use''' this mathematical formula to solve the problem.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=May-June|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-van-tassel David Van Tassel]; [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan]
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/wild-plants-to-the-rescue Wild Plants to the Rescue]
|volume=101|issue=3|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game. {{...}} The wild species we '''use''' are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|often with ''up''}} To [[expend]]; to [[consume]] by employing.
##: {{ux|en|I '''used''' the money they allotted me.}}
##: {{ux|en|We should '''use''' up most of the fuel.}}
##: {{ux|en|She '''used''' all the time allotted to complete the test.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exploit]].
##: {{ux|en|You never cared about me; you just '''used''' me!}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=September-October|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/katie-l-burke Katie L. Burke]
|magazine=w:American Scientist|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/5/in-the-news-47 In the News]
|passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen '''using''' solar energy.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[consume]] (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
##: ''He '''uses''' cocaine.'' ''I have never '''used''' drugs.''
## {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[consume]] a previously specified [[substance]], especially a [[drug]] to which one is [[addicted]].
##: {{ux|en|Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he '''uses''' almost every day.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|with auxiliary "could"}} To [[benefit]] from; to be able to employ or [[stand]].
##: {{ux|en|I could '''use''' a drink. My car could '''use''' a new coat of paint.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|with gender pronouns as object}} To [[suggest]] or [[request]] that other people employ a specific set of [[gender]] [[pronoun]]s when referring to the subject.
##: {{syn|en|go by}}
##: {{ux|en|I '''use''' they/them pronouns. (meaning: "I suggest or request that others use the pronouns they/them when referring to me")}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2023|author=Brianna I. Wiens|author2=Michelle MacArthur|author3=Shana MacDonald|author4=Milena Radzikowska|title=Stories of Feminist Protest and Resistance: Digital Performative Assemblies|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781666913521|page=92
|text=The "Older" [butch] group is maintained by three administrators who all '''use''' she/her pronouns and two moderators, one of whom '''uses''' they'them pronouns while the other '''uses''' she/her.}}
# To [[accustom]]; to [[habituate]]. {{q|Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.}}
#: {{ux|en|soldiers who are '''used''' to hardships and danger}} {{q|still common}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''use''' the soldiers to hardships and danger}} {{q|now rare}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=4|passage=Thou with thy compeers, / '''Used''' to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels.|year=1873}}
## {{lb|en|reflexive|obsolete|with "to"}} To accustom oneself.
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1714|author=w:Bernard Mandeville|title=w:The Fable of the Bees|location=London|publisher=T. Ostell|year_published=1806|section=Sixth Dialogue, p. 466|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100127945
|passage=It is not without some difficulty, that a man born in society can form an idea of such savages, and their condition; and unless he has '''used''' himself to abstract thinking, he can hardly represent to himself such a state of simplicity, in which man can have so few desires, and no appetites roving beyond the immediate call of untaught nature {{...}}}}
##* '''1742''', {{w|Samuel Richardson}}, ''[[w:Pamela (novel)|Pamela]]'', London: S. Richardson, 4th edition, Volume 3, Letter 12, p. 53,<sup>[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100024502]</sup>
##*: So that reading constantly, and thus '''using''' yourself to write, and enjoying besides the Benefit of a good Memory, every thing you heard or read, became your own {{...}}
##* '''1769''', [[w:John Leland (Presbyterian)|John Leland]], ''Discourses on Various Subjects'', London: W. Johnston and J. Dodsley, Volume 1, Discourse 16, p. 311,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/discoursesonvari01lela]</sup>
##*: {{...}} we must be constant and faithful to our Words and Promises, and '''use''' ourselves to be so even in smaller Matters {{...}}
##* {{RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair|passage=We are not long in '''using''' ourselves to changes in life.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1876|author=w:George Eliot|title=w:Daniel Deronda|section=Book 3, Chapter 24|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7469/pg7469-images.html
|passage=The family troubles, she thought, were easier for every one than for her—even for poor dear mamma, because she had always '''used''' herself to not enjoying.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|archaic|or|literary|_|except in past tense}} To [[habitually]] [[do]]; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see {{m|en|used to}}.)
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=48|book=I|passage=''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'''.}}
#* {{RQ:KJV|1 Peter|4|9|text='''Use''' hospitality one to another without grudging.<!-- separate -->}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1693|author=Sir Norman Knatchbull|title=Annotations upon some difficult texts in all the books of the New Testament|passage=For in the Rites of funeration they did '''use''' to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1764|author=w:Horace Walpole|title=The Castle of Otranto|section=II
|passage=I do not '''use''' to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman's province.}}
#: {{ux|en|I '''used''' to get things done.}}
# {{lb|en|dated}} To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
#: {{ux|en|to '''use''' an animal cruelly}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-3|II|6|text=See who it is: and, now the battle’s ended,<br>If friend or foe, let him be gently '''used'''.}}
#* {{RQ:KJV|Luke|6|28|text=Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully '''use''' you.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Samson Agonistes|text=If in my flower of youth and strength, when all men / Lov’d, honour’d, fear’d me, thou alone could hate me / Thy Husband, slight me, sell me, forgo me; / How wouldst thou '''use''' me now, blind, and thereby / Deceivable {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Addison Cato|I|2|page=6|text=''Cato'' has '''used''' me Ill: He has refused / His Daughter ''Marcia'' to my ardent Vows.}}
#* {{RQ:Swift Gulliver|part=I|page=43|passage={{smallcaps|This}} is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the ''Man-Mountain'', who '''uſed''' us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majefty's Commiſſion. }}
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones|8|3|text=“I hope,” said Jones, “you don’t intend to leave me in this condition.” “Indeed but I shall,” said the other. “Then,” said Jones, “you have '''used''' me rascally, and I will not pay you a farthing.”}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1884|author=Margaret Oliphant|title=Old Lady Mary
|passage="Oh, how dare you, or any one, to speak of her so! She '''used''' me as if I had been her dearest child. She was more kind to me than a mother. There is no one in the world like her!" Mary cried.}}
# {{lb|en|reflexive|obsolete}} To [[behave]], [[act]], [[comport]] oneself.
#* '''1551''', {{w|Thomas More}}, ''[[w:Utopia (book)|Utopia]]'', London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,<sup>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010945148]</sup>
#*: They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they '''use themselves'''.
#* c. '''1558''', [[w:George Cavendish (writer)|George Cavendish]], ''The Life and Death of {{w|Thomas Wolsey}}, cardinal'', edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/lifedeathofthoma00caveuoft]</sup>
#*: I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to '''use thyself''' more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.

====Usage notes====
* When meaning "accustom, habituate" or "habitually do (or employ)", the verb ''use'' is pronounced {{IPAchar|/juːs/}} (like the noun ''use''); these senses and hence this pronunciation is now found chiefly in the past tense or as a past participle ({{IPAchar|/juːst/}}), or in the (past) negative form ''did not '''use''''' (as in ''I did not '''use''' to like her'' or ''the dragoons did not '''use''' [habituate, become habituated] to the Russian cold''). In all other senses, it is pronounced {{IPAchar|/juːz/}} (past tense/participle {{IPAchar|/juːzd/}}).
* See also the usage notes at {{m|en|used to}} (and {{m|en|use to}}) for more, especially on the use of this sense in interrogatives, negatives, and the past tense.

====Conjugation====
{{en-conj|stem=us|old=1}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|employ, apply, utilize}} {{l|en|apply}}, {{l|en|employ}}, {{l|en|engage}}, {{l|en|utilise}}, {{l|en|utilize}}
* {{sense|exploit}} {{l|en|exploit}}, {{l|en|take advantage of}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|abuse
|disuse
|reuse
|misuse
|usability|could use
|usable
|usage
|use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
|[[used]] {{qualifier|adjective}}
|used to
|useful
|user|use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house|use the potty
|use it|use it or lose it|use one's coconut|use one's head|use one's loaf|use one's noggin|use the bathroom|use the restroom|use the toilet|use the user|use the washroom|use up|use-by date}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|csb|juzowac|bor=1|qq=Canada, United States}}
* {{desc|ru|ю́зать|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-see|to use|consume}}

{{trans-top|employ, apply}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|gebruik}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|エイワンケ|tr=eywanke}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|gamit}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|përdor}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|اِسْتَعْمَلَ}}, {{t+|ar|اِسْتَخْدَمَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|استعمل|tr=istaʕmil}}, {{t|arz|استخدم|tr=istaḵdim}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օգտագործել}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|felisescu}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|usar}}, {{t+|ast|utilizar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|işlətmək}}, {{t|az|istifadə etmək}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|erabili}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|выкарысто́ўваць|impf}}, {{t|be|вы́карыстаць|pf}}; {{t|be|скарысто́ўваць|impf}}, {{t|be|скарыста́ць|pf}}; {{t|be|ужыва́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|ўжыва́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|ужы́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|ўжыць|pf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ব্যবহার করা|tr=bêbôhar kôra}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изпо́лзвам|impf|pf}}, {{t+|bg|употребя́вам|impf}}, {{t|bg|употребя́|pf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အသုံးပြု}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|fer servir}}, {{t+|ca|usar}}, {{t+|ca|utilitzar}}, {{t+|ca|emprar}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|用|tr=jung6}}, {{t|yue|使用}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|йүн}}, {{t|dng|сыйүн}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|用|tr=yòng}}, {{t+|cmn|使用}}, {{t+|cmn|應用}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|používat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|použít|pf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|bruge}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gebruiken}}, {{t+|nl|aanwenden}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|uzi}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kasutama}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käyttää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|utiliser}}, {{t+|fr|servir|alt=se servir (de)}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|utilizar}}, {{t+|gl|usar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გამოყენება}}, {{t|ka|მოხმარება}}
* German: {{t+|de|benutzen}}, {{t+|de|verwenden}}, {{t+|de|gebrauchen}}, {{t+|de|nutzen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρησιμοποιώ}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|χράομαι}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|puru}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|itilize}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ|tr=hishtamésh}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|उपयोग करना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|használ}}, {{t+|hu|igénybe vesz}}, {{t+|hu|alkalmaz}}, {{t+|hu|él}}
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|benutze}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|nota}}, {{t|is|brúka}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|uzar}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|usar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|úsáid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|usare}}, {{t+|it|utilizzare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|用いる|tr=もちいる, mochiiru}}, {{t+|ja|使う|tr=つかう, tsukau}}, {{t|ja|使用する|tr=しようする, shiyō-suru}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|қолдану}}, {{t|kk|пайдалану}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ប្រើប្រាស់}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|쓰다}}, {{t+|ko|사용(使用)하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|bi kar anîn}}, {{t+|kmr|xebitandin}}, {{t|kmr|îstîmal kirin}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|пайдалануу}}, {{t+|ky|колдонуу}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ໃຊ້}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|ūtor}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|lietot}}, {{t|lv|izmantot}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|vartoti}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|gebruken}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|употребува|impf}}, {{t|mk|употреби|pf}}, {{t|mk|користи|impf}}, {{t|mk|искористи|pf}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|guna}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉപയോഗിക്കുക}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakamahi}}, {{t|mi|whakapeto}}
* Mòcheno: {{t|mhn|prauchen}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|хэрэглэх}}, {{t+|mn|ашиглах}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|choyoołʼįįh}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|usà}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|rumia|alt=urumia}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|geavahit}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|bruke}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|bruka}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|usar}}, {{t+|oc|emplegar}}, {{t+|oc|utilizar}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|brūcan}}
* Old Saxon: {{t|osx|niotan}}, {{t|osx|brūkan}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|хасновац|impf}}, {{t|rsk|похасновац|pf}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|استفاده کردن|tr=estefâde kardan}}, {{t|fa|به کار بردن|tr=be kâr bordan}}, {{t+|fa|استعمال کردن|tr=este'mâl kardan}} {{qualifier|Dari}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|usé}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|używać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|użyć|pf}}, {{t+|pl|posługiwać|impf|alt=posługiwać się}}, {{t+|pl|stosować|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zastosować|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|usar}}, {{t+|pt|utilizar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|utiliza|alt=a utiliza}}, {{t+|ro|folosi|alt=a folosi}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|duvrar}}, {{t|rm|applitgar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|испо́льзовать|impf|pf}}, {{t+|ru|употребля́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|употреби́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|применя́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|примени́ть|pf}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|भुनक्ति}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|imperàre}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|bruik}}, {{t|sco|uise}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dèan feum de}}, {{t|gd|cleachd}}, {{t|gd|iomair}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ко̀ристити|impf}}, {{t|sh|искорѝстити|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|kòristiti|impf}}, {{t+|sh|iskorìstiti|pf}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|පාවිච්චි කරනවා}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|používať|impf}}, {{t|sk|použiť|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|uporabljati|impf}}, {{t|sl|uporabiti|pf}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|wužywaś|impf}}, {{t|dsb|wužyś|pf}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|wužiwać|impf}}, {{t|hsb|wužić|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|usar}}, {{t+|es|utilizar}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|tumia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|använda}}, {{t+|sv|bruka}}, {{t+|sv|nyttja}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|истифода бурдан}}, {{t|tg|истифода кардан}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|кулланырга}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ใช้}}, {{t|th|นำมาใช้}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|བེད་སྤྱོད་བྱེད}}, {{t|bo|བེད་སྤྱོད་གཏོང}}, {{t|bo|བེད་སྤྱོད}}, {{t|bo|བཀོལ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|yaukk-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kullanmak}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ulanmak}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|ажыглаар}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ужива́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|вжива́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|ужи́ти|pf}}, {{t|uk|вжи́ти|pf}}; {{t+|uk|використо́вувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|ви́користати|pf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|استعمال کرنا|tr=iste'māl karnā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئىشلەتمەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ishlatmoq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|dùng}}, {{t+|vi|xài}}, {{t+|vi|sử dụng}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|gebön}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|si siervi}} {{qualifier|di}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|brûke}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|ניצן}}, {{t|yi|באַניצן}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|kar kerden}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to exhaust the supply of, to consume}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|употребя́вам|impf}}, {{t|bg|употребя́|pf}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|用晒|tr=jung6 saai3}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verbruiken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käyttää}}, {{t+|fi|kuluttaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|verbrauchen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|καταναλώνω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felhasznál}}, {{t+|hu|elhasznál}}, {{t+|hu|elfogyaszt}}, {{t+|hu|kimerít}}, {{t+|hu|felél}}, {{t+|hu|fogyaszt}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|使い尽くす|tr=つかいつくす, tsukaitsukusu}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|menghabiskan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഉപയോഗിക്കുക}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapeto}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|loaktit}}, {{t|se|golahit}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|употребля́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|употреби́ть|pf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förbruka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to exploit}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|käyttää hyväksi}}, {{t+|fi|käyttää}}, {{t+|fi|hyödyntää}}
* German: {{t+|de|ausnutzen}}, {{t|de|[[zum]] [[Vorwand]] [[nehmen]]}} {{qualifier|use as a pretext}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|استفادن}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|rare: to habitually do}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|[[plegen]] te}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|olla tapana}}
* French: {{t+|fr|avoir l'habitude de}}
* German: {{t|de|zu tun [[pflegen]]}}, {{t|de|[[gewöhnlich]] tun}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συνηθίζω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szokott}}
* Italian: {{t|it|essere solito}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|costumar}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[име́ть]] [[обыкнове́ние]]|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|soler}}, {{t+|es|acostumbrar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bruka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|used to}}

===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=esu|ESU|EUS|SEU|Sue|UEs|sue|ues}}

{{cln|en|1-syllable words|heteronyms}}

==Alemannic German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|gsw|ussa|usse|uuse}}

===Etymology===
Contraction of {{m|gsw|us}} + {{m|gsw|hii}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gsw|/ˈuzə/|a=Zurich}}

===Adverb===
{{head|gsw|adverb}}

# [[out]]
#* {{quote-text|gsw|year=1903|author=w:Robert Walser|title=Der Teich
|passage=Aber i muess pressiere, daß i bald fertig wirde. Nächär chani '''use''' go spiele.
|translation=''But I need to hurry so I can finish soon. Then I can go out and play.''}}

==Asturian==

===Verb===
{{head|ast|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|ast|usar||1//3|s|pres|subj}}

==Chuukese==

===Etymology===
From {{af|chk|u-|-se}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|chk|pronoun}}

# [[I]] do not

===Adjective===
{{head|chk|adjective}}

# I am not
# I was not

===Related terms===
{{chk-tense chart}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-use.wav}}

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|user||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fr|a=esu|eus|sue|sué}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|usar}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|ùse}}

===Adjective===
{{head|it|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|it|uso||f|p}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=esu|Sue|sue}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|ūse}}

===Participle===
{{head|la|participle form|head=ūse}}

# {{inflection of|la|ūsus||voc|m|s}}

==Manx==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|gv}}

===Noun===
{{gv-noun|m|useyn|use}}

# {{lb|gv|finance}} [[interest]]; [[usury]]

====Derived terms====
{{col4|gv
|{{l|gv|use derrey yn laa t'ayn|t=interest to date}}
|{{l|gv|use neuchramp|t=simple interest}}
|{{l|gv|useree|t=interest payer}}
|{{l|gv|useyr|t=money lender, usurer, scrivener}}
}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{hyph|pt|u|se}}

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|usar}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|usar}}

==Ternate==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tft|[ˈ(ʔ)u.se]}}

===Verb===
{{tft-verb}}

# {{lb|tft|transitive}} to [[pour out]]
# {{lb|tft|transitive}} to [[throw away]]

====Conjugation====
{{tft-conj}}

====References====
* {{R:tft:Hayami-Allen:2001}}