Use

Definition of use:

part of speech: verb

To be accustomed: only in past; as, they used to go to the mountains.

part of speech: noun

Act of using or putting to a purpose: convenience: employment: need: advantage: practice: custom.

part of speech: verb

To put to some purpose: to avail one's self of: to habituate: to treat or behave toward.

part of speech: noun

Custom.

part of speech: participle

Using.

part of speech: noun

Act of using; employment; need; advantage; practice; custom.

part of speech: noun

Serviceableness.

part of speech: verb

To be accustomed.

part of speech: participle

Used.

part of speech: verb

To employ; to apply to a special purpose; for a time, as property; to treat; to make accustomed: chiefly in the passive voice and followed by to; as, the dog is used to kind treatment.

part of speech: verb

To put to a purpose; employ; avail one's self of; consume; habituate; treat.

part of speech: noun

The act of employing something; state of being employed; application of anything to a particular purpose; employment; custom or practice; practical worth; treatment; reason for employing.

Usage examples for use:

• But that was no use "In the Wilderness", Robert Hichens.

• Then can you tell us how to be of use to her? "The Crown of Life", George Gissing.

• He may be of some use to us. "The Mystery of the Green Ray", William Le Queux.

• Well, what was the use "Lifted Masks Stories", Susan Glaspell.