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usenoun the act or practice of employing something for a particular purposethe use of boom boxes is strictly prohibited in the park application, employment, exercise, operation, play, usage exertionreuse disuse, nonuse the capacity for being useful for some purposethe broken grill isn't going to be of much use in cooking the hamburgers account, avail, mileage, service, serviceability, serviceableness, usefulness, utility advantage, benefit, gainaid, assistance, helpapplicability, appropriateness, fitness, relevanceprofit, value, worth uselessness, worthlessness inapplicability, inappropriateness positive regard for somethingI have no use for slackers appetite, fancy, favor, fondness, like, liking, love, love affair, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste craving, desire, hankering, longing, thirst, yenenthusiasm, gusto, interest, passionbias, prejudicebent, inclination, leaning, propensity, tendencytoothpalateweakness aversion, disfavor, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing, mislike apathy, disinclinationindifference, unconcern useverbto put into action or serviceI will need to use the large hammer for this project apply, employ, exercise, exploit, harness, operate, utilize handle, manipulate, wielddirect, run, workcannibalize, recycle, reuse bring to bear, draw on(or draw upon), make use of ignore, neglectmisapply, misuse to behave toward in a stated waythe factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers act (toward), be (to), deal (with), handle, serve, treat consider, esteem, rate, reckon, regard, viewengage (with), react (to), respond (to) do by to take unfair advantage ofI was paying for everything on our little outing, and I was starting to feel like I was being used abuse, capitalize (on), cash in (on), exploit, impose (on or upon), leverage, milk, pimp, play (on or upon), work jerk around, manipulate, mistreatbleed, cheat, fleece, overcharge, skin, soak, stickcommercialize, commodify trade on, walk on v.use, employ, utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end.use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end.willing to use any means to achieve her ends employ suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged.looking for better ways to employ their skills utilize may suggest the discovery of a new, profitable, or practical use for something.an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter in the 13th century |