use

/jus/ n [C/U] (PUT INTO SERVICE)

Definition

› [C] There are so many uses for computers in the classroom. [U] We need to look closely at our energy use and its environmental impact. [U] Do you have any use for these old magazines? [U] After her stroke, she lost the use of her left arm. › If someone or something is of no use, it cannot be of help: [U] There’s no use paying for a permit if you won’t need it. [U] He was of no use to us because he couldn’t work every day.

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