use

verb [T] (WORD) /juːz/ (used, used)

Definition

B2 to say or write a particular word or phrase: "Autumn" is used in British English and "fall" in American English. That's an expression she often uses to describe how she feels.

(Definition of use verb (WORD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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use sth up phrasal verb
use verb (IN THE PAST)
use verb (PURPOSE)
use verb (REDUCE)
use verb (TAKE ADVANTAGE)
use verb (WORD)
use your head idiom
use your loaf idiom
used adjective (FAMILIAR)
used adjective (NOT NEW)
used verb

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use your head idiom
be (of) (any/some) use idiom
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what's the use of...? idiom
use your loaf idiom
use your loaf, at use your head idiom

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