Use Definition
use
See also usé
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English
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- uſe (archaic)
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.
Pronunciation
- (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
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.
Synonyms
- (act of using): employment, usage, note
- (usefulness): benefit, good, point, usefulness, utility, note
Derived terms
terms derived from use (noun)Translations
act of using
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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).
Pronunciation
Verb
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
- (employ, apply, utilize): engage, utilise
- (exploit): take advantage of
Derived terms
terms derived from use (verb)Translations
employ, apply
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References
- use in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /yz/
Verb
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
Latin
Participle
ūse
- vocative masculine singular of ūsus
Portuguese
Verb
use
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb usar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb usar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb usar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb usar.
Spanish
Verb
use (infinitive usar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of usar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of usar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of usar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of usar.
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