USE
\jˈuːs], \jˈuːs], \j_ˈuː_s]\
Definitions of USE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
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the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
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what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
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seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
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a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
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habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
By Princeton University
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avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
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the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
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what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
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seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
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a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
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habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Custom.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
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Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
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Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
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The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
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The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
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A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
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To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
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To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
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To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
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To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between use to, and used to.
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To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.
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Custom.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
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Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
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Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
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The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
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A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
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To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
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To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
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The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
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To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
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To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between use to, and used to.
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To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.
By Noah Webster.
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Custom.
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Serviceableness.
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To put to some purpose: to avail one's self of: to habituate: to treat or behave toward.
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Act of using or putting to a purpose: convenience: employment: need: advantage: practice: custom.
By Daniel Lyons
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Custom.
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Serviceableness.
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The act of using; application to an end.
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Necessity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Serviceableness.
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The act of employing something; state of being employed; application of anything to a particular purpose; employment; custom or practice; practical worth; treatment; reason for employing.
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To employ; to apply to a special purpose; for a time, as property; to treat; to make accustomed: chiefly in the passive voice and followed by to; as, the dog is used to kind treatment.
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To be accustomed: only in past; as, they used to go to the mountains.
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Used.
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Using.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of using; employment; need; advantage; practice; custom.
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To put to a purpose; employ; avail one's self of; consume; habituate; treat.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Purpose; employment; application of anything to a purpose, good or bad; utility; occasion to employ; continued practice; premium paid for borrowed money; the benefit or profit of lands and tenements. In use, in employment; in customary practice or observance.
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To make use of or employ; to waste or exhaust by employment; to accustom; to habituate; to treat; to practise systematically.
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To be accustomed to; to practise customarily; to be wont; to frequent; to inhabit.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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State of being employed to any purpose; occasion or need to employ; the quality which makes a thing proper for a purpose; benefit; advantage; habit; in law, profit; benefit.
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To employ; to apply or handle for some purpose; to consume to accustom; to render familiar by practice; to be accustomed; to be wont.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Act of employing any thing or of applying it in any manner or for any purpose, but especially for a profitable purpose; handlings practical exercise; application; employment occasion or need to employ; necessity; —advantage derived; usefulness; utility;—continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom;- the benefit or profit of lands and tenements.
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