Idioms for use

Origin of use

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English usen < Old French user < Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtī to use; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin ūsus act of using a thing, application, employment, equivalent to ūt-, stem of ūtī to use + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s

SYNONYMS FOR use

1 Use, utilize mean to make something serve one's purpose. Use is the general word: to use a telephone; to use a saw and other tools; to use one's eyes; to use eggs in cooking. (What is used often has depreciated or been diminished, sometimes completely consumed: a used automobile; All the butter has been used. ) As applied to persons, use implies some selfish or sinister purpose: to use another to advance oneself. Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting.
3 exhaust, waste.
7 familiarize, inure.
12 employment, utilization, application, exercise.
13 handling.

usage note for use

See usage.

OTHER WORDS FROM use

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH use

use usage utilize (see usage note at usage) (see synonym study at the current entry)

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British Dictionary definitions for use

use

verb (juːz) (tr)

noun (juːs)

See also used to, use up

Word Origin for use

C13: from Old French user to use, from Latin ūsus having used, from ūtī to use

Idioms and Phrases with use

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