The act of using:
— He warned against the use of narcotic drugs.

synoniemen: employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization.

Roget 613: habit, habitude; assuetude^†, assuefaction^†, wont; run, way.    common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground.    prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette etc. (gentility) 852; order of the day, cry; conformity etc. 82; consuetude, dustoor^†.    one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; laudator temporis acti [Lat.].    rule, standing order, precedent, routine; red-tape, red-tapism^†; pipe clay; rut, groove.    cacoethes [Lat.]; bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit &c.; addiction, trick.    training etc. (education) 537; seasoning, second nature, acclimatization; knack etc. ... meer laten zien

Roget 644: utility; usefulness etc. adj.; efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help etc. (aid) 707; applicability etc. adj.; subservience etc. (instrumentality) 631; function etc. (business) 625; value; worth etc. (goodness) 648; money's worth; productiveness etc. 168; cui bono [Lat.] etc. (intention) 620; utilization etc. (use) 677; step in the right direction.    common weal; commonwealth public good, public interest; utilitarianism etc. (philanthropy) 910.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 677: use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation^†; application, appliance; adhibition^†, disposal; consumption; agency etc. (physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness etc. 644; benefit; recourse, resort, avail.    [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.    [Way of using] usage.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 780: property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et tuum [Lat.].    ownership, proprietorship, lordship; seignority^†; empire etc. (dominion) 737.    interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding; tenure etc. (possession) 777; vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest; use, trust, benefit; legal estate, equitable estate; seizin [Law], seisin [Law].    absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold; fee tail, fee simple; estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail; estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general.    limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie [Fr.]; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility.    dower, dowry, jointure^†, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony; legacy etc. (gift) 784; Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds.    assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances; wealth etc. 803; money etc. 800; what one is worth, what one will cut up for; estate and effects.    landed property, landed real estate property; realty; land, lands; tenements; hereditaments; corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments; acres; ground etc. (earth) 342; acquest^†, messuage, toft^†.    territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence.    manor, honor, domain, demesne; farm, plantation, hacienda; allodium etc. (free) 748^†; fief, fieff^†, feoff^†, feud, zemindary^†, dependency; arado^†, merestead^†, ranch.    free lease-holds, copy lease-holds; folkland^†; chattels real; fixtures, plant, heirloom; easement; right of common, right of user.    personal property, personal estate, personal effects; personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables; stock, stock in trade; things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia; equipage etc. 633.    parcels, appurtenances.    impedimenta; luggage, baggage; bag and baggage; pelf; cargo, lading.    rent roll; income etc. (receipts) 810; maul and wedges [U.S.].    patent, copyright; chose in action; credit etc. 805; debt etc. 806.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: benutting, nut, gebruik
Pools: korzystanie, wykorzystywanie, stosowanie, używanie, posługiwanie się

What something is used for:
— Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?.

synoniemen: function, purpose, role.

Nederlands: functie, rol
Pools: funkcja, rola

A particular service.

economics The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing.

synoniemen: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services.

Pools: spożycie, konsumpcja

psychology An automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition:
— Long use had hardened him to it.

synoniem: habit.

Nederlands: gewoonte, ritueel

Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage.

synoniem: manipulation.

Nederlands: bewerking, manipulatie
Pools: manipulacja

law The exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property:
— We were given the use of his boat.

synoniem: enjoyment.

Nederlands: genot

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.
— Use the plastic bags to store the food.
— He doesn't know how to use a computer.

synoniemen: apply, employ, utilise, utilize.

Roget 677: use, make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work.    ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try.    render useful etc. 644; mold; turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit^†, dispose of; make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.    fall back upon, make a shift with; make the most of, make the best of.    use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: utiliseren, hanteren, benutten, aanwenden, bezigen, gebruiken, nemen, pakken, toepassen, verwerken

Take or consume (regularly or habitually):
— She uses drugs rarely.

synoniem: habituate.

Use up, consume fully.

synoniem: expend.

Roget 638: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse etc. 73.    cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander etc. 818.    waste its sweetness on the desert air" [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel; labor in vain etc. (useless) 645; cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve.    leak etc. (run out) 295; run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up.    ... meer laten zien

Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.

Avail oneself to:
— Use care when going down the stairs.
— Use your common sense.

synoniemen: apply, practice.

Habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (use only in the past tense).