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use
Overview of noun use
The noun use has 7 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (532) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise -- (the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers")
2. (129) use -- (a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses")
3. (103) function, purpose, role, use -- (what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?")
4. (47) consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services -- ((economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily")
5. (31) habit, use, wont -- (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")
6. (25) use, enjoyment -- ((law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat")
7. (3) manipulation, use -- (exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous")
Overview of verb use
The verb use has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (1387) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ -- (put into service; make work or employ (something) 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?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer")
2. (13) use, habituate -- (take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely")
3. (12) use -- (seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections")
4. (12) use, expend -- (use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions")
5. (1) practice, apply, use -- (avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance")
6. use -- (habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun use
7 senses of use
Sense 1
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
use
=> utility, usefulness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
function, purpose, role, use
=> utility, usefulness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
=> demand
=> economic process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
habit, use, wont
=> custom, usage, usance
=> practice, pattern
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> survival
=> continuance, continuation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
use, enjoyment
=> legal right
=> right
=> abstraction, abstract
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
manipulation, use
=> influence
=> causing, causation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun use
6 of 7 senses of use
Sense 1
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> practice
=> play
=> misuse, abuse
=> exploitation, development
=> recycling
=> application, practical application
Sense 3
function, purpose, role, use
=> raison d'etre
Sense 4
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
=> conspicuous consumption
Sense 5
habit, use, wont
=> ritual
=> second nature
=> cleanliness
Sense 6
use, enjoyment
=> fair use
=> fruition
Sense 7
manipulation, use
=> mind game
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun use
7 senses of use
Sense 1
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> activity
Sense 2
use
=> utility, usefulness
Sense 3
function, purpose, role, use
=> utility, usefulness
Sense 4
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
=> demand
Sense 5
habit, use, wont
=> custom, usage, usance
Sense 6
use, enjoyment
=> legal right
Sense 7
manipulation, use
=> influence
Antonyms of noun use
Member Holonyms of noun use
Substance Holonyms of noun use
Part Holonyms of noun use
Member Meronyms of noun use
Substance Meronyms of noun use
Part Meronyms of noun use
Meronyms of noun use
Holonyms of noun use
Attributes of noun use
1 of 7 senses of use
Sense 3
function, purpose, role, use
=> functional (vs. nonfunctional)
=> nonfunctional (vs. functional)
Derived Forms of noun use
4 of 7 senses of use
Sense 1
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
RELATED TO>(verb) use#1
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
RELATED TO>(verb) use#2
=> use, habituate
Sense 2
use
RELATED TO>(verb) use#5
=> practice, apply, use
Sense 4
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
RELATED TO>(verb) use#4
=> use, expend
Sense 7
manipulation, use
RELATED TO>(verb) use#3
=> use
Domain of noun use
2 of 7 senses of use
Sense 4
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
TOPIC>(noun) economics#1, economic science#1, political economy#1
Sense 6
use, enjoyment
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun use
Familiarity of noun use
use used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun use
7 senses of use
Sense 1
use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
> activity
=> variation, variance
=> space walk
=> domesticity
=> operation
=> operation
=> practice, pattern
=> diversion, recreation
=> cup of tea, bag, dish
=> follow-up, followup
=> game
=> turn, play
=> music
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> liveliness, animation
=> burst, fit
=> work
=> works, deeds
=> service
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> occupation
=> writing, committal to writing
=> role
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> waste, wastefulness, dissipation
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> control
=> protection
=> sensory activity
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
=> training, preparation, grooming
=> representation
=> creation, creative activity
=> dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly
=> line function, line duty
=> puncture
=> search, hunt, hunting
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> operation, military operation
=> measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
=> calibration, standardization, standardisation
=> organization, organisation
=> grouping
=> support, supporting
=> continuance, continuation
=> procedure, process
=> ceremony
=> ceremony
=> worship
=> energizing, activating, activation
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> provision, supply, supplying
=> demand
=> pleasure
=> enjoyment, delectation
=> lamentation, mourning
=> laughter
=> market, marketplace
=> preparation, readying
=> aid, assist, assistance, help
=> support
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> behavior, behaviour
=> leadership, leading
=> precession, precedence, precedency
=> solo
=> buzz
=> fun
=> sin, hell
=> release, outlet, vent
=> last
=> mystification, obfuscation
=> negotiation
=> perturbation, disturbance
=> timekeeping
Sense 2
use
> utility, usefulness
=> detergency, detergence
=> function, purpose, role, use
=> helpfulness
=> use
=> serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability
=> instrumentality
=> practicality
=> practicability, practicableness
Sense 3
function, purpose, role, use
> utility, usefulness
=> detergency, detergence
=> function, purpose, role, use
=> helpfulness
=> use
=> serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability
=> instrumentality
=> practicality
=> practicability, practicableness
Sense 4
consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
> demand
=> consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
Sense 5
habit, use, wont
> custom, usage, usance
=> Americanism
=> Anglicism, Britishism
=> consuetude
=> couvade
=> Germanism
=> habit, use, wont
=> hijab
=> ritual, rite
Sense 6
use, enjoyment
> legal right
=> compulsory process
=> conjugal right
=> conjugal visitation right, conjugal visitation
=> preemption, pre-emption
=> title, claim
=> eminent domain
=> franchise, enfranchisement
=> patent right
=> right of election
=> right of entry
=> right of re-entry
=> right of offset
=> right of privacy
=> use, enjoyment
=> usufruct
=> visitation right
=> copyright, right of first publication
=> tenure, land tenure
Sense 7
manipulation, use
> influence
=> cross-pollination
=> exposure
=> impingement, encroachment, impact
=> manipulation, use
=> hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion
=> enticement, temptation
Meronyms of noun use
7 senses of use
Holonyms of noun use
Grep of noun use
abuse
accoucheuse
adobe house
alcohol abuse
alcoholic abuse
alcoholism abuse
alehouse
american harvest mouse
antabuse
apartment house
applause
arbitration clause
asian black grouse
auction house
bakehouse
bark-louse
bark louse
barrelhouse
bathhouse
battle of monmouth court house
battle of spotsylvania courthouse
bawdyhouse
beach house
bee house
berceuse
bertram brockhouse
betelgeuse
bird louse
birdhouse
biting louse
black grouse
blockhouse
blouse
boarding house
boardinghouse
boathouse
body louse
book louse
booklouse
brockhouse
brokerage house
building supply house
burnouse
cactus mouse
card-house
cardhouse
carnal abuse
carouse
carriage house
cartridge fuse
cat and mouse
cathouse
cause
cayuse
ceruse
chapterhouse
charnel house
charterhouse
chartreuse
chauffeuse
chicken louse
child abuse
chophouse
church mouse
clause
clearing house
clubhouse
coach house
coal house
coffeehouse
coiffeuse
common booklouse
common louse
computer mouse
conference house
context of use
cookhouse
coordinate clause
cotton mouse
countinghouse
country house
county courthouse
courthouse
cowhouse
crab louse
crazy house
crouse
cruse
customhouse
customshouse
danseuse
david rittenhouse
death house
deck-house
deer mouse
dependent clause
descriptive clause
detached house
detention house
detonating fuse
discount house
disuse
dog house
doghouse
doll's house
dollhouse
dormouse
dosshouse
drug abuse
drug of abuse
druse
duplex house
duse
dwelling house
eating house
electrical fuse
eleonora duse
enabling clause
escalator clause
european black grouse
european wood mouse
ex-spouse
excuse
fair use
farmhouse
field house
field mouse
fieldmouse
final cause
firehouse
first cause
fish louse
flophouse
flying mouse
frat house
fraternity house
free house
full house
funny house
fuse
gambling house
gaming house
gatehouse
george westinghouse
glasshouse
glebe house
grandfather clause
grape louse
grasshopper mouse
greenhouse
grouse
guardhouse
guesthouse
harvest mouse
hash house
hazel mouse
head louse
heliopause
henhouse
herbert marcuse
hispid pocket mouse
hothouse
house
house mouse
hypotenuse
icehouse
independent clause
jailhouse
jook house
joss house
juke house
jumping mouse
jumping plant louse
kangaroo mouse
lady of the house
lamp house
lamphouse
lazar house
lighthouse
lobscouse
lobscuse
lodging house
lost cause
louse
madhouse
main clause
manor house
mansion house
marcuse
marsupial mouse
masseuse
meadow jumping mouse
meadow mouse
meat house
meeting house
meetinghouse
menopause
meuse
mexican pocket mouse
mickey mouse
middy blouse
mighty mouse
minnie mouse
misuse
monmouth court house
mouse
movie house
muse
new world mouse
nonrestrictive clause
nude mouse
nut house
nuthouse
oast house
onion louse
open house
opera house
ouse
outhouse
overuse
p. g. wodehouse
packinghouse
painted sandgrouse
pallas's sandgrouse
pause
pelham grenville wodehouse
penthouse
pesthouse
pilothouse
pin-tailed grouse
pin-tailed sandgrouse
pine mouse
plains pocket mouse
planetary house
plant louse
playhouse
plug fuse
pocket mouse
poorhouse
porterhouse
poseuse
post-menopause
post house
posthouse
pothouse
pouched mouse
powerhouse
prairie grouse
prison house
probable cause
pubic louse
public house
publishing house
pump house
pygmy mouse
ranch house
recluse
red-backed mouse
red grouse
refuse
relative clause
reserve clause
rest house
restrictive clause
rittenhouse
roadhouse
rooming house
roundhouse
row house
royal house
ruffed grouse
ruse
russel crouse
safe house
safety fuse
sage grouse
sand grouse
sandgrouse
schoolhouse
scouse
sea louse
sea mouse
self-abuse
semi-detached house
semidetached house
settlement house
sexual abuse
shaft louse
sharp-tailed grouse
shrewmouse
siege of syracuse
silky pocket mouse
slaughterhouse
smokehouse
sod house
solar house
souse
sporting house
spouse
spruce grouse
stash house
statehouse
station house
steakhouse
storage warehouse
storehouse
subordinate clause
substance abuse
sucking louse
summer house
summerhouse
syracuse
tap house
taphouse
teahouse
tenement house
terraced house
third house
time-fuse
titmouse
tollhouse
toolhouse
toulouse
town house
tract house
treasure house
tree house
tropopause
tufted titmouse
u.s. house
us house
use
use immunity
use of goods and services
useableness
used-car
used-car lot
usefulness
uselessness
user
user interface
vesper mouse
warehouse
washhouse
wendy house
westinghouse
whale louse
wheelhouse
white-footed mouse
white house
wholesale house
whorehouse
wodehouse
woman of the house
wood mouse
woodlouse
woolly plant louse
workhouse
Antonyms of verb use
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb use
6 senses of use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 2
use, habituate
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 3
use
=> exploit, work
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 4
use, expend
Also See> use up#1
Sense 5
practice, apply, use
Sense 6
use
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb use
5 of 6 senses of use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
=> play
=> play
=> pull out all the stops
=> put, assign
=> ply
=> address
=> waste
=> misapply, misuse
=> avail
=> overuse, overdrive
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> recycle, reprocess, reuse
=> exploit, work
=> exploit, tap
=> strain, extend
=> exert, exercise
=> enjoy
=> take
=> share
=> work, put to work
=> implement
=> fall back, resort, recur
Sense 2
use, habituate
=> drink, tope
=> board
Sense 3
use
=> trespass, take advantage
Sense 4
use, expend
=> pervert, misuse, abuse
=> abuse
=> spare
=> take, occupy, use up
=> waste, blow, squander
Sense 5
practice, apply, use
=> follow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb use
6 senses of use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 2
use, habituate
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 3
use
=> exploit, work
Sense 4
use, expend
Also See> use up#1
Sense 5
practice, apply, use
Sense 6
use
=> act, move
'Cause To' of verb use
1 of 6 senses of use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> apply, hold, go for
Derived Forms of verb use
6 senses of use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
RELATED TO>(adj) useable#2
=> useable, usable
RELATED TO>(adj) useable#1
=> functional, usable, useable, in working order(predicate), operable, operational
RELATED TO>(adj) useable#3
=> available, usable, useable
RELATED TO>(adj) usable#1
=> useable, usable
RELATED TO>(adj) usable#2
=> functional, usable, useable, in working order(predicate), operable, operational
RELATED TO>(adj) usable#3
=> available, usable, useable
RELATED TO>(noun) use#1
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
RELATED TO>(noun) user#1
=> user
RELATED TO>(noun) usage#1
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
Sense 2
use, habituate
RELATED TO>(noun) use#1
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
RELATED TO>(noun) user#3
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
Sense 3
use
RELATED TO>(noun) use#7
=> manipulation, use
RELATED TO>(noun) user#2
=> exploiter, user
RELATED TO>(noun) using#1
=> exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using
Sense 4
use, expend
RELATED TO>(noun) use#4
=> consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
Sense 5
practice, apply, use
RELATED TO>(noun) use#2
=> use
RELATED TO>(noun) usance#3
=> custom, usage, usance
Sense 6
use
RELATED TO>(noun) usage#2
=> custom, usage, usance
Domain of verb use
Domain Terms of verb use
Familiarity of verb use
use used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb use
6 senses of use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
EX: They use the animals
Sense 2
use, habituate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
use
EX: They use him to write the letter
Sense 4
use, expend
EX: They use the money
Sense 5
practice, apply, use
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
use
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb use
3 of 6 senses of use
Sense 2
use, habituate
> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
=> hit
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> use, habituate
=> eat
=> eat
=> drink, imbibe
=> drink, booze, fuddle
=> partake, touch
=> feed, eat
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> sample, try, try out, taste
=> take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> smoke
=> drug, do drugs
=> swallow, get down
=> sup
Sense 3
use
> exploit, work
=> make hay
=> play
=> avail, help
=> prey, feed
=> use
Sense 6
use
> act, move
=> alternate, take turns
=> finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
=> rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
=> interrupt, disturb
=> react, respond
=> go ahead, plow ahead
=> attack, aggress
=> force
=> create
=> come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
=> reward, repay, pay back
=> satisfice, staisfise
=> maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
=> dispatch
=> evade
=> race
=> use
=> play it by ear
=> play
=> deal
=> partner
=> exert
=> egotrip
=> reciprocate
=> go, proceed, move
=> come close
=> perform
=> make bold, dare, presume
=> prosecute, engage, pursue
=> act on
=> interact
=> react, oppose
=> take time by the forelock
=> coact
=> volunteer, offer
=> get around to
=> dally, toy, play, flirt
=> set about, go about, approach
=> participate, take part
=> misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
=> condescend, stoop, lower oneself
=> behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
=> behave, comport
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> woo, court, romance, solicit
=> court
=> dare
=> effect
=> antagonize, antagonise, counteract
=> anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
=> prosecute
=> perpetrate, commit, pull
=> rampage
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> condescend, deign, descend
=> condescend
=> take care
=> lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior
=> stampede
=> make a point, make sure
=> repeat, take over
=> surprise
=> sneak
=> play
=> take
=> guard
=> begin, start
=> go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
=> do well, had best
=> continue
=> continue, persist in
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb use
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 5
practice, apply, use
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Sense 2
use, habituate
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
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Sense 3
use
=> exploit, work
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Sense 4
use, expend
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Sense 6
use
=> act, move
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Grep of verb use
abuse
accuse
amuse
arouse
bemuse
blow a fuse
bouse
carouse
cause
chouse
circumfuse
clean house
confuse
contuse
defuse
delouse
diffuse
disabuse
douse
effuse
enthuse
espouse
excuse
fuse
grouse
house
ill-use
infuse
misuse
mouse
muse
overuse
pause
perfuse
peruse
recuse
refuse
rehouse
reuse
rough-house
roughhouse
rouse
souse
suffuse
transfuse
use
use up
warehouse
Grep of adj use
abstruse
chartreuse
diffuse
greenhouse
house-to-house
in use
made use of
obtuse
out of use
profuse
recluse
useable
used
used-up
used to
used up
useful
useless
user-friendly
Grep of adv use
in the adjacent house
usefully
uselessly
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