use

/juz/ v [T] (PUT INTO SERVICE)

Definition

› to put something into your service for a purpose: Do you know how to use a computer? We could use your help. She uses so many big words, it’s hard to understand her. usable

/ˈju·zə·bəl/ adj › able to be used for a purpose: The house needs a lot of work to make it usable.

(Definition of use v (PUT INTO SERVICE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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use n PUT INTO SERVICE
use up something phrasal verb
use v ACT SELFISH
use v MAKE IT LESS
use v PUT INTO SERVICE
used adj NOT NEW
used to (doing) something idiom
used to modal verb
useful adj
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