use
使用,用,运用,利用
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Definitions
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used, us·ing.
- : to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- : to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities.
- : to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided.
- : to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration.
- : to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends.
- : to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs.
- : to habituate or accustom.
- : Archaic. to practice habitually or customarily; make a practice of.
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used, us·ing.
- : to be accustomed or customarily found: He used to go every day.
- : Archaic. to resort, stay, or dwell customarily.
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- : the act of employing, using, or putting into service: the use of tools.
- : the state of being employed or used.
- : an instance or way of employing or using something: proper use of the tool; the painter's use of color.
- : a way of being employed or used; a purpose for which something is used: He was of temporary use. The instrument has different uses.
- : the power, right, or privilege of employing or using something: to lose the use of the right eye; to be denied the use of a library card.
- : service or advantage in or for being employed or used; utility or usefulness: of no practical use.
- : help; profit; resulting good: What's the use of pursuing the matter?
- : occasion or need, as for something to be employed or used: Would you have any use for another calendar?
- : continued, habitual, or customary employment or practice; custom: to follow the prevailing use of such occasions.
- : Law. the enjoyment of property, as by the employment, occupation, or exercise of it.the benefit or profit of lands and tenements in the possession of another who simply holds them for the beneficiary.the equitable ownership of land to which the legal title is in another's name.
- : Liturgy. the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church, diocese, community, etc.
- : usual or customary experience.
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- : use up, to consume entirely.to exhaust of vigor or usefulness; finish: By the end of the war he felt used up and sick of life.
Phrases
- used to
- use one's head
- use up
- have no use for
- make use of
- no use
- put to good use
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
As Ensminger puts it, one of Hallmark’s best attributes is its range, and the company has put that versatility to good use in the face of an overwhelming crisis.
In Virginia, Hanley said a new law banning cellphone use while driving should increase highway safety.
The platforms, which are outdoors, have undergone decades of use and weather-related deterioration.
So far, the EEOC hasn’t even issued clear guidelines concerning hiring algorithms that are already in use.
The first was the use of financial incentives — although they were so tiny, less than a dollar, that you have to wonder how powerful they’d be.
There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.
In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.
The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.
In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.
And in order for them to realize their vision, they are willing to use any means.
If you use it wisely, it may be Ulysses' hauberk; if you reject it, the shirt of Nessus were a cooler winding-sheet!
The sailors sometimes use it to fry their meat, for want of butter, and find it agreeable enough.
Not much use as the high crests hid the intervening hinterland from view, even from the crow's nests.
For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
Their method of curing the leaves was to air-dry them and then packing them until wanted for use.