use
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(noun) the act of using; "the steps were worn from years of use" |
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Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization |
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Related Words: abuse, activity, application, development, exploitation, misuse, play, practical application, practice, recycling |
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(verb) use up, consume fully; " The legislature expended its time on school questions." |
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Synonyms: expend |
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Related Words: abuse, blow, misuse, occupy, pervert, spare, spend, squander, take, use up, waste |
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(verb) put into service; make work; make use of of employ for a particular purpose: "use your head!" "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results" |
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Synonyms: apply, employ, utilise, utilize |
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Related Words: address, assign, avail, cannibalise, cannibalize, commit, dedicate, devote, enjoy, exercise, exert, exploit, extend, fall back, give, misapply, misuse, overdrive, overuse, ply, put, put to work, recur, recycle, reprocess, resort, reuse, share, strain, take, tap, waste, work |
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(verb) take or consume (regularly); "She uses drugs rarely" |
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Related Words: board, consume, drink, have, ingest, take, take in, tope |
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(verb) conduct oneself toward; treat or handle; "You can't use people to achieve your own evil plans!" |
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Related Words: do by, handle, take advantage, treat, trespass |
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(verb) seek or achieve an end by using; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs" |
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Related Words: exploit |
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(noun) a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses" |
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Related Words: usefulness, utility |
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(noun) the exercise of a right to benefits; "we were given the use of his boat"; "deprived of the enjoyment of civil rights" |
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Synonyms: enjoyment |
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Related Words: legal right |
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(noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" |
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Synonyms: manipulation |
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Related Words: influence |
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(noun) a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" |
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Synonyms: habit, wont |
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Related Words: cleanliness, custom, ritual, uncleanliness, usage |
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(verb) avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs" |
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Synonyms: apply, practice |
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Related Words: carry out, effect, follow |
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(noun) what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" |
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Synonyms: function, purpose, role |
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Related Words: raison d'etre, usefulness, utility |
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(noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" |
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Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services |
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Related Words: conspicuous consumption, demand |
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