use

Etymology
Noun from, from , from , from past participle stem of. Displaced native 🇨🇬 (see note) from 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Verb from, from , from , frequentative form of past participle stem of. Displaced native 🇨🇬, (from 🇨🇬,, ) and 🇨🇬,  (from 🇨🇬).

Pronunciation

 * Noun


 * Verb

Noun

 * 1) The act of using.
 * 2)  The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
 * 3)  Usefulness, benefit.
 * 4) A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
 * 5) Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
 * 6)  Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
 * 7)  Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
 * 8)  Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
 * 9)  A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
 * 10)  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.
 * 1) A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
 * 2) Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
 * 3)  Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
 * 4)  Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
 * 5)  Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
 * 6)  A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
 * 7)  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.
 * 1)  Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
 * 2)  Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
 * 3)  A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
 * 2)  A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Arabic:, اِسْتِخْدَام
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Basque: erabilketa
 * Belarusian: ужыва́нне, ўжыва́нне
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: gamit
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 用, 使用
 * Dungan: йүн, сыйүн
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: kasutama
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სარგებლობა, გამოყენება, ხმარება
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χρῆσις
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: gamit
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەکارھێنان
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin:, usurpatio
 * Latvian: lietojums
 * Livonian: kȭlbatõ
 * Macedonian: употреба
 * Malay: kegunaan
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: उपयोग
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: bruk
 * Old English: nytt
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: usagi
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਵਰਤੋਂ
 * Shahmukhi: وَرْتوْں
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Romansch: niz
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: uiss, uise
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у̏потреба, при̏мена
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: použitie
 * Slovene: ,
 * Somali: isticmaal
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: вжива́ння
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: sự dùng
 * Volapük:
 * Yiddish: ניץ
 * Zazaki: kar kerdış


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , , səmərə
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 用
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , in phrases like mi értelme (van)…? mi haszna…? mi a célja…?, mire jó…?
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەڵک
 * Malay: kegunaan
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: uiss
 * Scottish Gaelic: math
 * Shor: туза
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: فائدہ
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, käyttökohde
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots: uiss
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: کام, مَقْصَد, مَقاصِد, فائدہ

Verb

 * 1) To utilize or employ.
 * 2)  To employ; to apply; to utilize.
 * 3)  To expend; to consume by employing.
 * 4)  To exploit.
 * 5)  To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
 * He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
 * 1)  To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
 * 2)  To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
 * 3)  To go by; to make use of and suggest or request that other people employ when referring to the subject.
 * 4) To accustom; to habituate.
 * 5)  To accustom oneself.
 * 6) * 1742,, Pamela, London: S. Richardson, 4th edition, Volume 3, Letter 12, p. 53,
 * So that reading constantly, and thus using yourself to write, and enjoying besides the Benefit of a good Memory, every thing you heard or read, became your own
 * 1) * 1769, John Leland, Discourses on Various Subjects, London: W. Johnston and J. Dodsley, Volume 1, Discourse 16, p. 311,
 * we must be constant and faithful to our Words and Promises, and use ourselves to be so even in smaller Matters
 * 1)  To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see .)
 * 2)  To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
 * 3)  To behave, act, comport oneself.
 * 4) * 1551,, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,
 * They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
 * 1) * c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,
 * I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.
 * 1)  To accustom oneself.
 * 2) * 1742,, Pamela, London: S. Richardson, 4th edition, Volume 3, Letter 12, p. 53,
 * So that reading constantly, and thus using yourself to write, and enjoying besides the Benefit of a good Memory, every thing you heard or read, became your own
 * 1) * 1769, John Leland, Discourses on Various Subjects, London: W. Johnston and J. Dodsley, Volume 1, Discourse 16, p. 311,
 * we must be constant and faithful to our Words and Promises, and use ourselves to be so even in smaller Matters
 * 1)  To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see .)
 * 2)  To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
 * 3)  To behave, act, comport oneself.
 * 4) * 1551,, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,
 * They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
 * 1) * c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,
 * I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.
 * 1)  To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
 * 2)  To behave, act, comport oneself.
 * 3) * 1551,, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,
 * They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
 * 1) * c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,
 * I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.
 * 1)  To behave, act, comport oneself.
 * 2) * 1551,, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,
 * They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
 * 1) * c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,
 * I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.
 * 1)  To behave, act, comport oneself.
 * 2) * 1551,, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,
 * They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
 * 1) * c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,
 * I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.
 * They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
 * 1) * c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,
 * I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.

Usage notes

 * When meaning "accustom, habituate" or "habitually do (or employ)", the verb use is pronounced (like the noun use); these senses and hence this pronunciation is now found chiefly in the past tense or as a past participle, or in the (past) negative form did not use (as in I did not use to like her or the dragoons did not use [habituate, become habituated] to the Russian cold). In all other senses, it is pronounced  (past tense/participle ).
 * See also the usage notes at (and ) for more, especially on the use of this sense in interrogatives, negatives, and the past tense.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Ainu: エイワンケ
 * Aklanon: gamit
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: استعمل, استخدم
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: felisescu
 * Asturian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:, istifadə etmək
 * Basque: erabili
 * Belarusian: выкарысто́ўваць, вы́карыстаць; скарысто́ўваць, скарыста́ць; ужыва́ць, ўжыва́ць, ужы́ць, ўжыць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, , употребя́
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: fer servir,, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 用, 使用
 * Dungan: йүн, сыйүн
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kasutama
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: გამოყენება, მოხმარება
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χράομαι
 * Guaraní: puru
 * Haitian Creole: itilize
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: इस्तेमाल करना
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Hunsrik: benutze
 * Icelandic:, brúka
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: usar
 * Irish: úsáid
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , 使用する
 * Kazakh: қолдану, пайдалану
 * Khmer: ប្រើប្រាស់
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , îstîmal kirin
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ໃຊ້
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: lietot, izmantot
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: gebruken
 * Macedonian: употребува, употреби, користи, искористи
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whakamahi, whakapeto
 * Mòcheno: prauchen
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Navajo: choyoołʼįįh
 * Neapolitan: usà
 * Ngazidja Comorian: rumia
 * Northern Sami: geavahit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: bruka
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Old English: brūcan
 * Old Saxon: niotan, brūkan
 * Persian:, به کار بردن,
 * Piedmontese: usé
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: duvrar, applitgar
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: imperàre
 * Scots: bruik, uise
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan feum de, cleachd, iomair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̀ристити, искорѝстити
 * Roman: ,
 * Sinhalese: පාවිච්චි කරනවා
 * Slovak: používať, použiť
 * Slovene: uporabljati, uporabiti
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wužywaś, wužyś
 * Upper Sorbian: wužiwać, wužić
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: tumia
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: истифода бурдан, истифода кардан
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:, นำมาใช้
 * Tibetan: བེད་སྤྱོད་བྱེད, བེད་སྤྱོད་གཏོང, བེད་སྤྱོད, བཀོལ
 * Tocharian B: yaukk-
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ulanmak
 * Tuvan: ажыглаар
 * Ukrainian:, , ужи́ти, вжи́ти; , ви́користати
 * Urdu: استعمال کرنا
 * Uyghur: ئىشلەتمەك
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: ניצן, באַניצן
 * Zazaki: kar kerden


 * Bulgarian:, употребя́
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 用晒
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese: 使い尽くす
 * Malay: menghabiskan
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whakapeto
 * Northern Sami: loaktit, golahit
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: käyttää hyväksi, ,
 * German:, zum Vorwand nehmen
 * Persian:


 * Dutch: plegen te
 * Finnish: olla tapana
 * French:
 * German: zu tun pflegen, gewöhnlich tun
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: essere solito
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: име́ть обыкнове́ние
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
Contraction of +.

Adverb

 * 1) out

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) I do not

Adjective

 * 1) I am not
 * 2) I was not

Noun

 * 1)  interest; usury

Verb

 * 1)  to pour out
 * 2)  to throw away