Слово англійською: use
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Переклад use українською: вживати, використати, витрачати
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- [transitive] to do something with a machine, a method, an object, etc. for a particular purpose
- use something Can I use the photocopier?
- He makes beer using traditional methods.
- The applicator makes the glue easy to use.
- Have you ever used this software before?
- The oven looked as if it had never been used.
- How often do you use (= travel by) the bus?
- They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force.
- a little-used path through the wood
- a widely used technique for assessing the strength of metals
- I have some information you may be able to use (= to get an advantage from).
- use something for something We used a carrot for the snowman’s nose.
- use something for doing something chemicals that are used for cleaning
- use something to do something Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
- This tree bark can be used to make a black dye.
- use something as something The building is currently being used as a warehouse.
- You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse.
- use something in something The drug is also used in the treatment of cancer.
- [transitive] use something to take a particular amount of a liquid, substance, etc. in order to achieve or make something
- This type of heater uses a lot of electricity.
- I hope you haven't used all the milk.
- This paint is very expensive, so please use it sparingly.
- [transitive] to say or write particular words or a particular type of language
- use something The poem uses simple language.
- That's a word I never use.
- You have to use the past tense.
- ‘Ethics’ and ‘morality’ are often used interchangeably.
- use something to do something ‘Pop art’ is a term used to describe a movement that began in the 1950s.
- [transitive] use somebody (disapproving) to be kind, friendly, etc. to somebody with the intention of getting an advantage for yourself from them synonym exploit
- Can't you see he's just using you for his own ends?
- I felt used.
- [transitive, intransitive] use (something) to take illegal drugs
- Most of the inmates have used drugs at some point in their lives.
- (slang) She's been using since she was 13.
- the factors that make people likely to use heroin
Word OriginMiddle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti.
Idioms I, you, etc. could use something
- (informal) used to say that you would like to have something very much
- I think we could all use a drink after that!
use your head (British English also use your loaf)
- (informal) used to tell somebody to think about something, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said something stupid
- ‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your head!’
Phrasal Verbs