HOW TO PRONOUNCE
use
/jus/
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What does use mean?
noun
- The act of using.
- The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- Usefulness, utility, benefit; purpose, point.
More meanings (19)
noun
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- 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.
- (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
- (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
- (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
verb
- To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To expend; to consume by employing.
- To exploit.
- To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (obsolete) To accustom oneself.
- (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
- (obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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IPA pronunciation
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Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished.
Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of this publication.
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There was a man with his wife and two boys and some articles of furniture in a cart such as greengrocers use.
People who could use words in that confident way, and who spoke them elegantly, had a great advantage in life, she reflected.
“Then don’t go with those people who use them. And now do you feel as if you could say your prayers, Davy?”