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Synonyms for use
yuz or, for pt. form of 9 , yust; yususe
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
use
In general terms it may be said that to employ is to devote to one's purpose, to use is to render subservient to one's purpose; what is used is viewed as more absolutely an instrument than what is employed; a merchant employs a clerk; he uses pen and paper; as a rule, use is not said of persons, except in a degrading sense; as, the conspirators used him as a go-between. Hence the expression common in some religious circles "that God would use me" is not to be commended; it has also the fault of representing the human worker as absolutely a passive and helpless instrument; the phrase is altogether unscriptural; the Scripture says, "We are laborers together with (co-workers with) God." That which is used is often consumed in the using, or in familiar phrase used up; as, we used twenty tons of coal last winter; in such cases we could not substitute employ. A person may be employed in his own work or in that of another; in the latter case the service is always understood to be for pay. In this connection employ is a word of more dignity than hire; a general is employed in his country's service; a mercenary adventurer is hired to fight a tyrant's battles. It is unsuitable, according to present usage, to speak of hiring a pastor; the Scripture, indeed, says of the preacher, "The laborer is worthy of his hire;" but this sense is archaic, and hire now implies that the one hired works directly and primarily for the pay, as expressed in the noun "hireling;" a Pastor is properly said to be called, or when the business side of the transaction is referred to, engaged, or possibly employed, at a certain salary.
Synonyms:
call, employ, engage, engross, hire, make use of, use upPreposition:
Employ in, on, upon, or about a work, business, etc.; for a purpose; at a stipulated salary.
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Princeton's WordNet
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercisenoun
the act of using
"he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
Synonyms:
exercising, usage, practice, custom, habit, engagement, workout, use of goods and services, consumption, usance, role, practice session, function, work, employ, utilization, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, drill, physical exercise, example, manipulation, enjoyment, recitation, purpose, physical exertion, exercisefunction, purpose, role, usenoun
what something is used for
"the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
Synonyms:
utilisation, habit, usage, routine, role, social occasion, manipulation, theatrical role, use of goods and services, procedure, function, occasion, character, subroutine, part, determination, aim, usance, purpose, enjoyment, subprogram, employment, mapping, consumption, single-valued function, persona, intention, economic consumption, intent, social function, exercise, affair, office, mathematical function, map, utilization, designusenoun
a particular service
"he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
Synonyms:
purpose, role, utilisation, consumption, enjoyment, usance, manipulation, employment, usage, use of goods and services, function, habit, exercise, utilization, economic consumptionconsumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and servicesnoun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Synonyms:
phthisis, usage, custom, habit, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, ingestion, exercise, role, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, utilization, consumption, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, intake, usance, enjoyment, function, purpose, white plague, utilisationhabit, usenoun
(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
"owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
Synonyms:
usage, habit, use of goods and services, consumption, role, drug abuse, riding habit, utilization, substance abuse, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, wont, usance, enjoyment, function, purpose, exercisemanipulation, usenoun
exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
"his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"
Synonyms:
usage, habit, handling, use of goods and services, consumption, usance, role, function, utilization, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, enjoyment, purpose, exerciseuse, enjoymentverb
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
"we were given the use of his boat"
Synonyms:
usage, habit, delectation, use of goods and services, consumption, usance, role, function, utilization, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, enjoyment, purpose, exerciseuse, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb
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"
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lend oneself, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, utilize, go for, apply, habituateuse, habituateverb
take or consume (regularly or habitually)
"She uses drugs rarely"
Synonyms:
employ, habituate, expend, utilise, accustom, practice, apply, utilizeuse, expendverb
use up, consume fully
"The legislature expended its time on school questions"
Synonyms:
employ, habituate, expend, utilise, spend, drop, practice, apply, utilizeuseverb
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"
Synonyms:
apply, practice, utilize, expend, employ, habituate, utilisepractice, apply, useverb
avail oneself to
"apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
Synonyms:
rehearse, practise, enforce, give, drill, practice, hold, utilise, put on, employ, lend oneself, commit, implement, expend, utilize, go for, apply, habituate, do, exerciseuseverb
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"
Synonyms:
apply, practice, utilize, expend, employ, habituate, utilise
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
usenoun
Synonyms:
employment, application, appliance, exercise, practiceusenoun
Synonyms:
advantage, benefit, utility, service, profit, usefulness, availusenoun
usenoun
useverb
Synonyms:
employ, apply, make use of, avail one's self of, take advantage of, turn to account, make the most of, put in requisition, bring into playuseverb
Synonyms:
practise, exercise, put to useuseverb
useverb
Synonyms:
accustom, habituate, inure, familiarize, trainuseverb
Synonyms:
treat, deal with, act or behave towardsuseverb
Synonyms:
be accustomed, be wont
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
usenoun
Synonyms:
employment, application, service, utilization, exploitation, necessity, need, utility, avail, advantage, usefulness, service, custom, usage, practiceAntonyms:
disuse, obsolescence, desuetude, inutilityAssociated words:
obsolescent, obsolete, obsoletism, utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable, chrestomathicuseverb
Synonyms:
employ, apply, utilize, exploit, treat, behave toward, practice, exercise, consume, exhaust, accustom, habituate, familiarize, inure
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "use":
utilization, used, using, usage, uses, utilize, employment, utilisation, consumption, recourse, employ, utilizing, utilise, resort, appeal, exploitation, exploit, remedies, 'utilisation, application, job, remedy, consume, apply, serve, purposes, operate, user, uso, resorting, operation, usefulness, jobs, advantage, reliance, purpose, take, take-up
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How to use use in a sentence?
I love the folks at the Congressional Budget Office, they work really hard. But sometimes we ask them to do stuff they're not capable of doing. And estimating the impact of a bill of this size probably isn't the best use of their time.
We won't jeopardize animal well-being just to get there, we'll use the best available treatments to keep our chickens healthy, under veterinary supervision.
The use of this technology is invasive, intrusive, racially biased and full of risks to fundamental civil liberties. I am proud to sponsor this ban which is supported by local community groups, public defenders, immigrants' rights advocates, racial justice organizations, workers' rights groups, privacy advocates, and technologists.
If they’d had a legal gun and been trained to use it.
All outside events pay fees to use Pentagon Reservation. The fee includes costs for overtime for security and reimbursement for clean up after an event. Rolling Thunder, Inc. pays only a portion of the total costs incurred by Pentagon Reservation to support the event, we are proud of our history of providing a safe operating area for events on the Pentagon Reservation, to include Rolling Thunder every year.
Translations for use
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- استخدم, استعمل, استعمالArabic
- вы́карыстаць, ўжыва́ць, выкарысто́ўваць, скарысто́ўваць, ужы́ць, ужыва́нне, ўжыць, скарыста́цьBelarusian
- използвамBulgarian
- ব্যবহার করাBengali
- implijBreton
- usar, utilitzar, ús, fer servirCatalan, Valencian
- použít, použitíCzech
- gebrauchen, gewöhnlich tun, verwenden, Nutzen, Gebrauch, Zweck, Anwendung, Funktion, Benutzung, zu tun pflegen, benutzen, verbrauchenGerman
- χρησιμοποιώ, χρησιμότητα, χρήση, συνηθίζω, καταναλώνωGreek
- uziEsperanto
- función, soler, utilizar, usar, acostumbrar, utilidad, usoSpanish
- kasutamaEstonian
- به کار بردن, کاربرد, فایده, استفاده کردنPersian
- käyttötarkoitus, käyttökohde, käyttö, käyttää, hyöty, hyödyllisyysFinnish
- usage, utilité, avoir l'habitude de, servir, utiliser, utilisation, emploiFrench
- brûkeWestern Frisian
- cleachd, dèan feum de, math, iomairScottish Gaelic
- uso, utilizar, usarGalician
- הִשְתָמֶשHebrew
- इस्तेमाल करनाHindi
- itilizeHaitian Creole
- használHungarian
- օգտագործում, օգուտ, օգտագործել, կիրառությունArmenian
- usarInterlingua
- uzarIdo
- notaIcelandic
- usare, essere solito, usoItalian
- 用いる, 利用, 使用, 用途, 効用, 使用する, 使うJapanese
- ಬಳಕೆKannada
- 사용, 하다, 使用, 사용하다, 쓰다Korean
- کهڵک, بهکارهێنانKurdish
- uti, usurpatio, ususLatin
- vartotiLithuanian
- izmantot, lietotLatvian
- whakapetoMāori
- nut, gebruik, gebruiken, functieDutch
- brukNorwegian Nynorsk
- bruk, anvendelse, bruke, nytteNorwegian
- choyoołʼįįhNavajo, Navaho
- emplegar, usarOccitan
- użytek, funkcja, stosować, zastosowanie, posługiwać się, używać, stosowanie, użycie, użytecznośćPolish
- utilizar, usar, utilidade, uso, costumarPortuguese
- applitgar, niz, duvrarRomansh
- utilitate, întrebuințare, uz, folosi, utiliza, funcție, folosire, folosințăRomanian
- примене́ние, употреблять, использовать, испо́льзование, применять, прок, употребле́ние, по́льзаRussian
- imperàreSardinian
- ко̀ристити, kòristitiSerbo-Croatian
- použiťSlovak
- uporaba, uporabiti, rabaSlovene
- bruk, användning, användaSwedish
- matumiziSwahili
- นำมาใช้, ใช้Thai
- kullanmak, kullanış, kullanım, yarar, kullanma, faydaTurkish
- ужи́ти, вжива́ння, використо́вувати, вжи́ти, ви́користати, вжыва́ти, ужыва́тиUkrainian
- استعمال کرناUrdu
- dùng, ích, sử dụng, lợi dụng, xàiVietnamese
- geb, gebönVolapük
- באניצןYiddish
- 使用Chinese
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