| use | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization |
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| (noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition | Synonyms: habit |
| (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: manipulation |
| (noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: function, purpose, role |
| (noun) a particular service | - |
| (noun) (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property | Synonyms: enjoyment |
| (noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services |
| (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, employ, utilise, utilize |
| (verb) take or consume (regularly or habitually) | Synonyms: habituate |
| (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use up, wipe out |
| (verb) habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense) | - |
| (verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: apply, practice |
| (verb) seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage | - |
| useable | (adjective) convenient for use or disposal | Synonyms: available, usable |
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| (adjective) fit or ready for use or service | Synonyms: functional, operable, operational, usable |
| (adjective) capable of being put to use | Synonyms: usable |
| useableness | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceability, serviceableness, usability, usableness |
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| used | (adjective) employed in accomplishing something | - |
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| (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: secondhand |
| (adjective) (of persons) taken advantage of | Synonyms: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, victimised, victimized |
| useful | (adjective) being of use or service | Synonyms: utile |
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| (adjective) having a useful function | Synonyms: utilitarian |
| usefully | (adverb) in a useful manner | - |
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| usefulness | (noun) the quality of being of practical use | Synonyms: utility |
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| useless | (adjective) having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully | - |
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| uselessly | (adverb) in a useless manner | - |
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| uselessness | (noun) the quality of having no practical use | Synonyms: inutility, unusefulness |
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| user | (noun) a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something | - |
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| (noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | Synonyms: exploiter |
| (noun) a person who takes drugs | Synonyms: drug user, substance abuser |