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.
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British Dictionary definitions for use
use
verb (juːz) (tr)
noun (juːs)
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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