Usenoun
The act of using.
Usenoun
Usefulness, benefit.
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A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
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Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
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Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
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(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
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(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
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(religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
Usenoun
(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
Useverb
To utilize or employ.
Useverb
(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Useverb
To expend; to consume by employing.
Useverb
(transitive) To exploit.
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(transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
Useverb
(intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Useverb
To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
Useverb
To accustom; to habituate. Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.
Useverb
To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
Useverb
To habitually do; to be wont to do.
Useverb
To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
Useverb
To habitually do. See used to.
Useverb
(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
Useverb
To behave, act, comport oneself.
Usenoun
The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
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Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
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Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
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Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
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The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
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The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
Usenoun
A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
Useverb
To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
Useverb
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
Useverb
To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
Useverb
To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
Useverb
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
Useverb
To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.
Usenoun
the act of using;
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a particular service;
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what something is used for;
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(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;
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a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;
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(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;
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exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;
Useverb
put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;
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take or consume (regularly or habitually);
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seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage;
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use up, consume fully;
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avail oneself to;
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habitually do something (use only in the past tense);
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take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ
Useverb
treat (someone) in a particular way
Useverb
exploit (a person or situation) for one's own advantage
Useverb
apply (a name or title) to oneself
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take (an illegal drug)
Useverb
take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply
Useverb
describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past
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be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience
Useverb
one would like or benefit from
Usenoun
the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose
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the ability or power to exercise or manipulate one's mind or body
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a purpose for or way in which something can be used
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the value or advantage of something
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the benefit or profit of lands, especially lands that are in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary.
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the habitual consumption of a drug
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the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.
Utilitynoun
The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
Utilitynoun
Something that is useful.
Utilitynoun
(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
Utilitynoun
(philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
Utilitynoun
A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
Utilitynoun
(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.
Utilitynoun
(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
Utilityadjective
Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
Utilityadjective
Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer).
Utilitynoun
The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
Utilitynoun
Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
Utilitynoun
Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.
Utilitynoun
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Utilitynoun
the quality of being of practical use
Utilitynoun
the service provided by a utility company;
Utilitynoun
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
Utilitynoun
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer;
Utilitynoun
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal;
Utilityadjective
used of beef; usable but inferior
Utilityadjective
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
Utility
Within economics, the concept of utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time.