use
— Verb
– English
～ take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"
use
— Verb
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～ put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
use
— Verb
– English
～ habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (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"; "she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies"
use up
— Verb
– English
～ use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
use up
— Verb
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～ require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
use
— Verb
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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"
use
— Verb
– English
～ 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"
dual-use
— Adjective
– English
～ designed for or serving two purposes; "a supercomputer can be used for civilian or military purposes"
in use
— Adjective
– English
～ (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
in use
— Adjective
– English
～ currently being used; "robots are in use throughout industry"
fair use
— Noun
– English
～ the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
context of use
— Noun
– English
～ discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
useable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of being put to use; "usable byproducts"
useable
— Adjective
– English
～ convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"
useable
— Adjective
– English
～ fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
useableness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being able to provide good service
get used to
— Verb
– English
～ get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience; "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits"
used-car lot
— Noun
– English
～ a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale
used-car
— Noun
– English
～ a car that has been previously owned; not a new car
used to
— Adjective
– English
～ in the habit of doing something; "...was wont to complain that this is a cold world"- Henry David Thoreau