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rank|light|felt|since|250|use|used|began|thy

Alternative spellings
uſe i|archaic

Etymology 1
A corruption of OF. oes, from L. opus need, business, employment, work.

Pronunciation
AHD|yo�os, IPA|/ju�s/, SAMPA|/ju:s/
audio|en-us-use-noun.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes:English:-u�s|Rhymes: -u�s

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. countable The act of using.

#: The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
#: There is no use for your invention.

1. context|uncountable|followed by "of" usefulness|Usefulness, benefit.

#: What's the use of a law that nobody abides to?

1. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

#: This tool has many uses.

Synonyms
i-c|act of using employment, usage
i-c|usefulness benefit, good, point, usefulness, utility

Derived terms
fair use
misuse
no use
what's the use|what�s the use
hyper-use

Translations
trans-top|act of using
Catalan: ús m
Chinese: � (yòng)
Czech: použití n
Dutch: gebruik n
Finnish: käyttö
French: usage#French|usage m
German: Benutzung f, Anwendung f, Gebrauch m
Italian: uso#Italian|uso m
Japanese: 使� (shiy�), �� (riy�)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��کار���ا�
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Norwegian: bruk m
Polish: użycie, stosowanie
Portuguese: uso#Portuguese|uso m
Romanian: folosire f, uz f
Romansch: niz m
Russian: �по��ебление (upotreblénije) n
Slovene: uporaba f (1), raba f (1)
Spanish: uso#Spanish|uso m
Turkish: kullanma, kullanım, kullanı�
Vietnamese: sự dùng
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trans-top|usefulness
Dutch: nut n
Finnish: hyödyllisyys, hyöty
French: utilité f
German: Nutzen m
Japanese: �� (k�y�)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک��ڵک
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Norwegian: nytte m
Polish: użytek, użyteczno��
Spanish: utilidad f
Turkish: fayda, yarar
Vietnamese: ích
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trans-top|function
Czech: použití n
Dutch: functie f
Finnish: käyttötarkoitus, käyttökohde
German: Funktion f, Zweck m
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Japanese: �� (y�to)
Polish: zastosowanie, funkcja
Spanish: función f
Turkish: kullanı�
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: � (yòng), 使�

Etymology 2
OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, to use.

Pronunciation
AHD|yo�oz, IPA|/ju�z/, SAMPA|/ju:z/
audio|en-us-use.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes:English:-u�z|Rhymes: -u�z
Homophones: ewes, yews, yous, youse

Verb
en-verb|us|ing

1. transitive To employ or apply.

#: Use this knife to slice the bread.
#: We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.''

1. intransitive See used<!--as in "used to"-->

Synonyms
apply
employ
engage
exploit
take advantage of
utilise/utilize (use sparingly)

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)
trans-top|employ, apply
Arabic: ARchar|استع�� unicode|(�istá�mala)
Catalan: usar, utilitzar
Chinese: � (yòng), 使� (sh�yòng), �� (yìngyòng), �� (xi�ohào)
Czech: použít
Dutch: gebruiken
Esperanto: uzi
Finnish: käyttää
French: utiliser, se servir de<!--note: "user" is a false friend in French-->
German: benutzen, verwenden, gebrauchen
Hebrew: �שת�ש|�ִשְתָ�ֶש (hištamesh)
Hungarian: használni
Ido: uzar
Italian: usare
Japanese: ���, 使� (���, tsukau)
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Korean: �� (sseuda), ���� (sayonghada)
Latvian: lietot, izmantot
Occitan: usar, emplegar
Polish: używa�, pos�ugiwa� si�
Portuguese: usar, utilizar
Romanian: utiliza, folosi
Romansch: duvrar, applitgar
Russian: и�пол�зова�� (ispól�zovat�), �по��ебл��� (upotreblját�)
Sardinian: imperàre
Spanish: usar, utilizar
Swedish: använda
Turkish: kullanmak
Vietnamese: dùng, sử dụng, xài, lợi dụng

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Derived terms
usability
usable
usage
used<!--as in "used car"-->
used to<!--accustomed to; forming imperfect tense-->
useful
user

References
R:1913

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English heteronyms

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