- verbusing (present participle)
- take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing a purpose or achieving a result; employ:"she used her key to open the front door" · "the poem uses simple language"
- treat (someone) in a particular way:"use your troops well and they will not let you down"
- exploit (a person or situation) for one's own advantage:"I couldn't help feeling that she was using me"
- apply (a name or title) to oneself:"she still used her maiden name professionally"
- take (an illegal drug):"they were using heroin daily" · "had she been using again?"
- take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply:"we have used all the available funds"
- (used to)describing an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past:"this road used to be a dirt track" · "I used to give him lifts home"
- (be/get used to)be or become familiar with someone or something through experience:"she was used to getting what she wanted" · "he's weird, but you just have to get used to him"
- informal(one could use)one would like or benefit from:"I could use another cup of coffee"
OriginMiddle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing a purpose or achieving a result; employ:
- take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply:
- describing an action or state of affairs that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past:
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