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Type Words
Synonyms manipulation
Type of influence
Has types mind game
Type Words
Synonyms expend
Has types blow, use up, abuse, waste, take, misuse, occupy, squander, pervert, spare
Type Words
Synonyms apply, practice
Has types follow
Verb group utilise, utilize, apply, employ
Derivation usance


use care when going down the stairs.
use your common sense.
Type Words
Synonyms consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services
Type of demand
Has types conspicuous consumption
Type Words
Synonyms employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization
Type of activity
Has types recycling, misuse, abuse, play, practical application, application, development, practice, exploitation


he warned against the use of narcotic drugs.
Type Words
Synonyms habituate
Type of take in, ingest, have, take, consume
Has types do drugs, drug, smoke
Derivation user


She uses drugs rarely.
Type Words
Synonyms function, purpose, role
Type of usefulness, utility
Has types raison d'etre


ballet is beautiful but what use is it?.
Type Words
Synonyms habit
Type of custom, usance, usage
Has types cleanliness, ritual, second nature


long use had hardened him to it.
Type Words
Synonyms enjoyment
Type of legal right
Has types fair use, fruition


we were given the use of his boat.
Type Words
Synonyms apply, employ, utilise, utilize
Has types recycle, address, assign, avail, cannibalise, cannibalize, commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, enjoy, exercise, exert, exploit, extend, fall back, give, implement, misapply, misuse, overdrive, overuse, play, ply, pull out all the stops, put, put to work, recur, reprocess, resort, reuse, share, strain, take, tap, waste, work
Verb group apply, practice
Derivation user, useable, usable, usage


use your head!.
we only use Spanish at home.
I can't use this tool.
use the plastic bags to store the food.
He doesn't know how to use a computer.
Type Words
Type of utility, usefulness


he put his knowledge to good use.
patrons have their uses.
Type Words
Type of act, move
Derivation usage


She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally.
I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall.
They used to vacation in the Bahamas.
she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies.
Type Words
Type of work, exploit
Has types trespass, take advantage
Derivation using, user


She uses her influential friends to get jobs.
The president's wife used her good connections.

Examples of use

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Getting news only about people you know turned out to be too limited a use case.
From the techcrunch.com
Inside YouTube, that is the button they use when they want to run a live stream.
From the techcrunch.com
Use the east entrance and take the elevator to the lower level's community room.
From the dailyherald.com
Visitors can either bring their own telescope or use ones provided by the Adler.
From the dailyherald.com
If you paint it, you probably can clean it, use primer and then paint over them.
From the dailyherald.com
His new deal includes the use of a university private plane for 25 hours a year.
From the stltoday.com
If you can find cilantro with the roots still attached, use them in this recipe.
From the stltoday.com
Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh from each half and place it in a mixing bowl.
From the stltoday.com
Users there pay a $25 monthly fee, or $149 annually, to use lockers and showers.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool? ...
  • The act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
  • Function: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
  • Take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"
  • A particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
  • Use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
  • U.S.E. is a 2004 album by United State of Electronica. It was produced, recorded, and mixed by Jason Holstrom and U.S.E. It can be downloaded freely at
  • Use, as a term in real property law of common law countries, amounts to a recognition of the duty of a person, to whom property has been conveyed for certain purposes, to carry out those purposes.
  • (Used (song)) Scream, Dracula, Scream! is an album by the San Diego, California rock band Rocket from the Crypt, released in 1995 by Interscope Records. It was the band's first major-label release. ...