Standard Lemma guide

use

noun · verb · 35 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: yo͞os
  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: yo͞os
  • Canada, General-American: /jus/
  • Canada, General-American: [jɪu̯s]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /(j)ɪu̯s/ Ottawa Valley
  • Australian, New-Zealand: yo͞os
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /jʉːs/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /jʉs/
  • rhymes with -uːs
  • Received-Pronunciation: yo͞oz
  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: yo͞oz
  • Canada, General-American: /juz/
  • Canada, General-American: [jɪu̯z]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /(j)ɪu̯z/ Ottawa Valley
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /jʉːz/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /jʉz/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: [jʉːz]
  • homophone: ewes
  • homophone: yews (in most accents)
  • homophone: yous
  • homophone: youse
  • rhymes with -uːz
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of using.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: employment, usage, note, nait

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Usefulness, utility, benefit; purpose, point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: meaning, meaningfulness
  • What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
  • There's no use in spewing a million words about it; whatever will be, will be.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meaning, meaningfulness

Antonyms: no use, uselessness, pointlessness, purposelessness, meaninglessness

4

noun

Meaning 4

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • This tool has many uses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I have no further use for these textbooks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: Christianity

Examples

  • the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the York use; the Ordinariate use

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: forging

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To utilize or employ.

To employ; to apply; to utilize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Use this knife to slice the bread.
  • We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To utilize or employ.

To expend; to consume by employing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, transitive, with-up

Examples

  • I used the money they allotted me.
  • We should use up most of the fuel.
  • She used all the time allotted to complete the test.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To utilize or employ.

To exploit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • You never cared about me; you just used me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To utilize or employ.

To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He uses cocaine.
  • I have never used drugs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To utilize or employ.

To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To utilize or employ.

To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I could use a drink.
  • My car could use a new coat of paint.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To utilize or employ.

To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I use they/them pronouns.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: go by

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
  • to use the soldiers to hardships and danger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

To accustom oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, reflexive

Examples

  • 1742, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, London: S. Richardson, 4th edition, Volume 3, Letter 12, p. 53, So that reading constantly, and thus using yourself to write, and enjoying besides the Benefit of a good Memory, every thing you heard or read, became your own [...]
  • 1769, John Leland, Discourses on Various Subjects, London: W. Johnston and J. Dodsley, Volume 1, Discourse 16, p. 311, [...] we must be constant and faithful to our Words and Promises, and use ourselves to be so even in smaller Matters [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: archaic or literary except in past tense

Examples

  • I used to get things done.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • to use an animal cruelly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To behave, act, comport oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, reflexive

Examples

  • 1551, Thomas More, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231, They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
  • c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of Thomas Wolsey, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57, I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his manipulation of his friends was scandalous

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manipulation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: influence

Narrower terms: mind game

24

noun

Meaning 24

(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • owls have nocturnal habits
  • she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair
  • long use had hardened him to it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: habit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: custom, usage, usance

Narrower terms: ritual, second nature, cleanliness

25

noun

Meaning 25

the act of using

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
  • skilled in the utilization of computers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: practice, play, misuse, abuse, exploitation, development, recycling, application, practical application

26

noun

Meaning 26

what something is used for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the function of an auger is to bore holes
  • ballet is beautiful but what use is it?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: function, purpose, role

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: utility, usefulness

Narrower terms: raison d'etre

27

noun

Meaning 27

a particular service

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he put his knowledge to good use
  • patrons have their uses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: utility, usefulness

28

noun

Meaning 28

(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we were given the use of his boat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enjoyment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legal right

Narrower terms: fair use, fruition

29

noun

Meaning 29

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the consumption of energy has increased steadily

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: demand

Narrower terms: conspicuous consumption

30

verb

Meaning 30

use up, consume fully

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The legislature expended its time on school questions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expend

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: pervert, misuse, abuse, spare, take, occupy, use up, waste, blow, squander

31

verb

Meaning 31

put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • use your head!
  • we only use Spanish at home
  • I can't use this tool
  • Apply a magnetic field here
  • This thinking was applied to many projects
  • How do you utilize this tool?
  • I apply this rule to get good results
  • use the plastic bags to store the food
  • He doesn't know how to use a computer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: utilize, utilise, apply, employ

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote, play, pull out all the stops, put, assign, ply, address, waste, misapply, misuse, avail, overuse, overdrive, cannibalize, cannibalise, recycle, reprocess, reuse, exploit, work, tap, strain, extend, exert, exercise, enjoy, take, share, put to work, implement, fall back, resort, recur

32

verb

Meaning 32

take or consume (regularly or habitually)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She uses drugs rarely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: habituate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have

Narrower terms: drink, tope, board

33

verb

Meaning 33

habitually do something (use only in the past tense)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally
  • I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall
  • They used to vacation in the Bahamas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, move

34

verb

Meaning 34

avail oneself to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • apply a principle
  • practice a religion
  • use care when going down the stairs
  • use your common sense
  • practice non-violent resistance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: practice, apply

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: follow

35

verb

Meaning 35

seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She uses her influential friends to get jobs
  • The president's wife used her good connections

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exploit, work

Narrower terms: trespass, take advantage

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use Inherited from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ūtor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (see note) from Old English notu; Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt; as well as Old English fricu and Old English sidu.

Etymology tree Latin ūtī Early Medieval Latin ūsō Early Medieval Latin ūsāre Old French userbor. Middle English usen English use Inherited from Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Medieval Latin usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Displaced native Middle English noten, nutten (“to use”) (from Old English notian, nēotan, nyttian) and Middle English brouken, bruken (“to use, enjoy”) (from Old English brūcan).

Across languages

Translations

453 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: përdor — act of using
  • Arabic: اِسْتِعْمَال (istiʕmāl) — act of using
  • Arabic: اِسْتِخْدَام (istiḵdām) — act of using
  • Armenian: օգտագործում (ōgtagorcum) — act of using
  • Asturian: usu — act of using
  • Basque: erabilketa — act of using
  • Belarusian: ужыва́нне (užyvánnje) — act of using
  • Belarusian: ўжыва́нне (wžyvánnje) — act of using
  • Bengali: ব্যবহার (bêbohar) — act of using
  • Breton: implij — act of using
  • Bulgarian: изпо́лзване (izpólzvane) — act of using
  • Bulgarian: употре́ба (upotréba) — act of using
  • Catalan: ús — act of using
  • Cebuano: gamit — act of using
  • Chinese Cantonese: 用 (jung6) — act of using
  • Chinese Cantonese: 使用 (si2 jung6) — act of using
  • Chinese: йүн (yün) — act of using
  • Chinese: сыйүн (sɨyün) — act of using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用 (yòng) — act of using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使用 (shǐyòng) — act of using
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利用 (lìyòng) — act of using
  • Czech: použití — act of using
  • Dutch: gebruik — act of using
  • Estonian: kasutama — act of using
  • Finnish: käyttö — act of using
  • French: usage — act of using
  • French: emploi — act of using
  • French: utilisation — act of using
  • Galician: uso — act of using
  • Georgian: სარგებლობა (sargebloba) — act of using
  • Georgian: გამოყენება (gamoq̇eneba) — act of using
  • Georgian: ხმარება (xmareba) — act of using
  • German: Benutzung — act of using
  • German: Anwendung — act of using
  • German: Gebrauch — act of using
  • Greek: χρήση (chrísi) — act of using
  • Ancient Greek: χρῆσις (khrêsis) — act of using
  • Hebrew: שימוש \ שִׁמּוּשׁ (shimúsh) — act of using
  • Higaonon: gamit — act of using
  • Hindi: उपयोग (upyog) — act of using
  • Hungarian: használat — act of using
  • Hungarian: felhasználás — act of using
  • Hungarian: alkalmazás — act of using
  • Irish: úsáid — act of using
  • Italian: uso — act of using
  • Japanese: 使用 (shiyō) — act of using
  • Japanese: 利用 (riyō) — act of using
  • Kannada: ಬಳಕೆ (baḷake) — act of using
  • Korean: 사용 (sayong) — act of using
  • Central Kurdish: بەکارھێنان (bekarhênan) — act of using
  • Northern Kurdish: bi kar anîn — act of using
  • Latin: ūsus — act of using
  • Latin: usurpatio — act of using
  • Latvian: lietojums — act of using
  • Livonian: kȭlbatõ — act of using
  • Macedonian: употреба (upotreba) — act of using
  • Malay: kegunaan — act of using
  • Malayalam: ഉപയോഗം (upayōgaṁ) — act of using
  • Marathi: उपयोग (upyog) — act of using
  • Khiamniungan Naga: kākèi — act of using
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bruk — act of using
  • Norwegian Bokmål: anvendelse — act of using
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bruk — act of using
  • Old English: nytt — act of using
  • Pannonian Rusyn: хасен (xasen) — act of using
  • Pannonian Rusyn: хаснованє (xasnovanje) — act of using
  • Persian: کاربرد (kârbord) — act of using
  • Persian: استفاده (estefāde) — act of using
  • Piedmontese: usagi — act of using
  • Polish: użycie — act of using
  • Polish: stosowanie — act of using
  • Polish: użytek — act of using
  • Portuguese: uso — act of using
  • Punjabi: ਵਰਤੋਂ (vartõ) — act of using
  • Punjabi: وَرْتوْں (vartoṉ) — act of using
  • Romanian: folosire — act of using
  • Romanian: uz — act of using
  • Romanian: întrebuințare — act of using
  • Romansh: niz — act of using
  • Russian: употребле́ние (upotreblénije) — act of using
  • Russian: примене́ние (primenénije) — act of using
  • Russian: испо́льзование (ispólʹzovanije) — act of using
  • Scots: uiss — act of using
  • Scots: uise — act of using
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̏потреба — act of using
  • Serbo-Croatian: при̏мена — act of using
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕpotreba — act of using
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȉmena — act of using
  • Slovak: použitie — act of using
  • Slovene: uporaba — act of using
  • Slovene: raba — act of using
  • Somali: isticmaal — act of using
  • Spanish: uso — act of using
  • Spanish: usanza — act of using
  • Spanish: utilización — act of using
  • Spanish: empleo — act of using
  • Spanish: usaje (disused) — act of using
  • Swahili: matumizi — act of using
  • Swedish: användning — act of using
  • Swedish: bruk — act of using
  • Swedish: nyttjande — act of using
  • Turkish: kullanma — act of using
  • Turkish: kullanım — act of using
  • Turkish: kullanış — act of using
  • Ukrainian: вжива́ння (vžyvánnja) — act of using
  • Urdu: اِسْتِعْمال (istiʿmāl) — act of using
  • Vietnamese: sự dùng — act of using
  • Volapük: geb — act of using
  • Yiddish: ניצן (nitsn) — act of using
  • Zazaki: kar kerdış — act of using
  • Zyphe: hmang — act of using
  • Albanian: përdorshmëria — usefulness
  • Armenian: օգուտ (ōgut) — usefulness
  • Azerbaijani: xeyir — usefulness
  • Azerbaijani: fayda — usefulness
  • Azerbaijani: mənfəət — usefulness
  • Azerbaijani: səmərə — usefulness
  • Bulgarian: полза (polza) — usefulness
  • Chinese Cantonese: 用 (jung6) — usefulness
  • Dutch: nut — usefulness
  • Finnish: hyödyllisyys — usefulness
  • Finnish: hyöty — usefulness
  • French: utilité — usefulness
  • Galician: utilidade — usefulness
  • German: Nutzen — usefulness
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta) — usefulness
  • Greek: χρησιμότητα (chrisimótita) — usefulness
  • Hindi: उपयोगिता (upyogitā) — usefulness
  • Hungarian: értelem — usefulness
  • Hungarian: haszon — usefulness
  • Hungarian: cél — usefulness
  • Hungarian: mire jó...? — usefulness
  • Japanese: 効用 (kōyō) — usefulness
  • Japanese: 為 (tame) — usefulness
  • Central Kurdish: کەڵک (kellk) — usefulness
  • Malay: kegunaan — usefulness
  • Malayalam: ഉപയോഗം (upayōgaṁ) — usefulness
  • Malayalam: ഉപകാരം (upakāraṁ) — usefulness
  • Norwegian: nytte — usefulness
  • Persian: فایده (fâyede) — usefulness
  • Persian: کاربرد (kârbord) — usefulness
  • Persian: استفادن — usefulness
  • Polish: użytek — usefulness
  • Polish: użyteczność — usefulness
  • Portuguese: uso — usefulness
  • Portuguese: utilidade — usefulness
  • Romanian: utilitate — usefulness
  • Romanian: folosință — usefulness
  • Romanian: folos — usefulness
  • Russian: по́льза (pólʹza) — usefulness
  • Russian: прок (prok) — usefulness
  • Scots: uiss — usefulness
  • Scottish Gaelic: math — usefulness
  • Shor: туза (tuza) — usefulness
  • Spanish: utilidad — usefulness
  • Swedish: mening — usefulness
  • Swedish: syfte — usefulness
  • Swedish: nytta — usefulness
  • Tajik: фоида (foyida) — usefulness
  • Turkish: fayda — usefulness
  • Turkish: yarar — usefulness
  • Urdu: فائدہ (fā'idah) — usefulness
  • Vietnamese: ích — usefulness
  • Albanian: përdorim — function
  • Armenian: կիրառություն (kiraṙutʻyun) — function
  • Asturian: usu — function
  • Bulgarian: предназначение (prednaznačenie) — function
  • Czech: použití — function
  • Dutch: functie — function
  • Finnish: käyttötarkoitus — function
  • Finnish: käyttökohde — function
  • Galician: uso — function
  • German: Funktion — function
  • German: Zweck — function
  • German: Verwendung — function
  • Greek: χρήση (chrísi) — function
  • Hindi: उपयोग (upyog) — function
  • Hungarian: cél — function
  • Hungarian: funkció — function
  • Hungarian: rendeltetés — function
  • Japanese: 用途 (yōto) — function
  • Japanese: 使い道 (tsukaimichi) — function
  • Malay: gunaan — function
  • Malayalam: ഉപയോഗം (upayōgaṁ) — function
  • Khiamniungan Naga: kākèi — function
  • Norwegian Bokmål: funksjon — function
  • Norwegian Bokmål: anvendelse — function
  • Persian: کاربرد (kârbord) — function
  • Polish: zastosowanie — function
  • Polish: funkcja — function
  • Portuguese: uso — function
  • Romanian: funcție — function
  • Romanian: întrebuințare — function
  • Romanian: utilizare — function
  • Russian: примене́ние (primenénije) — function
  • Scots: uiss — function
  • Spanish: función — function
  • Swedish: användande — function
  • Turkish: kullanış — function
  • Urdu: کام (kām) — function
  • Urdu: مَقْصَد (maqṣad) — function
  • Urdu: مَقاصِد (maqāṣid) — function
  • Urdu: فائدہ (fā'idah) — function
  • Yaghnobi: корбурд (korburd) — function
  • Afrikaans: gebruik — employ, apply
  • Ainu: エイワンケ (eywanke) — employ, apply
  • Aklanon: gamit — employ, apply
  • Albanian: përdor — employ, apply
  • Arabic: اِسْتَعْمَلَ (istaʕmala) — employ, apply
  • Arabic: اِسْتَخْدَمَ (istaḵdama) — employ, apply
  • Arabic: استعمل (istaʕmil) — employ, apply
  • Arabic: استخدم (istaḵdim) — employ, apply
  • Armenian: օգտագործել (ōgtagorcel) — employ, apply
  • Aromanian: felisescu — employ, apply
  • Asturian: usar — employ, apply
  • Asturian: utilizar — employ, apply
  • Azerbaijani: işlətmək — employ, apply
  • Azerbaijani: istifadə etmək — employ, apply
  • Basque: erabili — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: выкарысто́ўваць (vykarystówvacʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: вы́карыстаць (výkarystacʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: скарысто́ўваць (skarystówvacʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: скарыста́ць (skarystácʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: ужыва́ць (užyvácʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: ўжыва́ць (wžyvácʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: ужы́ць (užýcʹ) — employ, apply
  • Belarusian: ўжыць (wžycʹ) — employ, apply
  • Bengali: ব্যবহার করা (bêbôhar kôra) — employ, apply
  • Bulgarian: изпо́лзвам (izpólzvam) — employ, apply
  • Bulgarian: употребя́вам (upotrebjávam) — employ, apply
  • Bulgarian: употребя́ (upotrebjá) — employ, apply
  • Burmese: အသုံးပြု (a.sum:pru.) — employ, apply
  • Catalan: fer servir — employ, apply
  • Catalan: usar — employ, apply
  • Catalan: utilitzar — employ, apply
  • Catalan: emprar — employ, apply
  • Chinese Cantonese: 用 (jung6) — employ, apply
  • Chinese Cantonese: 使用 — employ, apply
  • Chinese: йүн (yün) — employ, apply
  • Chinese: сыйүн (sɨyün) — employ, apply
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用 (yòng) — employ, apply
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使用 (shǐyòng) — employ, apply
  • Chinese Mandarin: 應用 /应用 (yìngyòng) — employ, apply
  • Ngazidja Comorian: urumia — employ, apply
  • Czech: používat — employ, apply
  • Czech: použít — employ, apply
  • Danish: bruge — employ, apply
  • Dutch: gebruiken — employ, apply
  • Dutch: aanwenden — employ, apply
  • Esperanto: uzi — employ, apply
  • Estonian: kasutama — employ, apply
  • Finnish: käyttää — employ, apply
  • French: utiliser — employ, apply
  • French: se servir (de) — employ, apply
  • West-Frisian: brûke — employ, apply
  • Galician: utilizar — employ, apply
  • Galician: usar — employ, apply
  • Georgian: გამოყენება (gamoq̇eneba) — employ, apply
  • Georgian: მოხმარება (moxmareba) — employ, apply
  • German: benutzen — employ, apply
  • German: verwenden — employ, apply
  • German: gebrauchen — employ, apply
  • German: nutzen — employ, apply
  • Greek: χρησιμοποιώ (chrisimopoió) — employ, apply
  • Ancient Greek: χράομαι (khráomai) — employ, apply
  • Haitian Creole: itilize — employ, apply
  • Hebrew: הִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (hishtamésh) — employ, apply
  • Hindi: उपयोग करना (upyog karnā) — employ, apply
  • Hindi: इस्तेमाल करना (istemāl karnā) — employ, apply
  • Hungarian: használ — employ, apply
  • Hungarian: igénybe vesz — employ, apply
  • Hungarian: alkalmaz — employ, apply
  • Hungarian: él — employ, apply
  • Hunsrik: benutze — employ, apply
  • Icelandic: nota — employ, apply
  • Icelandic: brúka — employ, apply
  • Ido: uzar — employ, apply
  • Interlingua: usar — employ, apply
  • Irish: úsáid — employ, apply
  • Old Irish: imm·beir — employ, apply
  • Italian: usare — employ, apply
  • Italian: utilizzare — employ, apply
  • Japanese: 用いる (mochiiru) — employ, apply
  • Japanese: 使う (tsukau) — employ, apply
  • Japanese: 使用する (shiyō-suru) — employ, apply
  • Kazakh: қолдану (qoldanu) — employ, apply
  • Kazakh: пайдалану (paidalanu) — employ, apply
  • Khmer: ប្រើប្រាស់ (praə prah) — employ, apply
  • Korean: 쓰다 (sseuda) — employ, apply
  • Korean: 사용(使用)하다 (sayonghada) — employ, apply
  • Northern Kurdish: bi kar anîn — employ, apply
  • Northern Kurdish: xebitandin — employ, apply
  • Northern Kurdish: îstîmal kirin — employ, apply
  • Kyrgyz: пайдалануу (paydalanuu) — employ, apply
  • Kyrgyz: колдонуу (koldonuu) — employ, apply
  • Lao: ໃຊ້ (sai) — employ, apply
  • Latin: ūtor — employ, apply
  • Latvian: lietot — employ, apply
  • Latvian: izmantot — employ, apply
  • Lithuanian: vartoti — employ, apply
  • Low German: gebruken — employ, apply
  • Macedonian: употребува (upotrebuva) — employ, apply
  • Macedonian: употреби (upotrebi) — employ, apply
  • Macedonian: користи (koristi) — employ, apply
  • Macedonian: искористи (iskoristi) — employ, apply
  • Malay: guna — employ, apply
  • Malayalam: ഉപയോഗിക്കുക (upayōgikkuka) — employ, apply
  • Māori: whakamahi — employ, apply
  • Māori: whakapeto — employ, apply
  • Marathi: वापरणे (vāparṇe) — employ, apply
  • Marathi: उपयोग करणे (upyog karṇe) — employ, apply
  • Mòcheno: prauchen — employ, apply
  • Mongolian: хэрэглэх (xereglex) — employ, apply
  • Mongolian: ашиглах (ašiglax) — employ, apply
  • Navajo: choyoołʼįįh — employ, apply
  • Neapolitan: usà — employ, apply
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bruke — employ, apply
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bruka — employ, apply
  • Occitan: usar — employ, apply
  • Occitan: emplegar — employ, apply
  • Occitan: utilizar — employ, apply
  • Old English: brūcan — employ, apply
  • Old Saxon: niotan — employ, apply
  • Old Saxon: brūkan — employ, apply
  • Pannonian Rusyn: хасновац (xasnovac) — employ, apply
  • Pannonian Rusyn: похасновац (poxasnovac) — employ, apply
  • Persian: استفاده کردن (estefâde kardan) — employ, apply
  • Persian: به کار بردن (be kâr bordan) — employ, apply
  • Persian: استعمال کردن (este'mâl kardan) — employ, apply
  • Piedmontese: usé — employ, apply
  • Polish: używać — employ, apply
  • Polish: użyć — employ, apply
  • Polish: posługiwać się — employ, apply
  • Polish: stosować — employ, apply
  • Polish: zastosować — employ, apply
  • Portuguese: usar — employ, apply
  • Portuguese: utilizar — employ, apply
  • Romanian: a utiliza — employ, apply
  • Romanian: a folosi — employ, apply
  • Romansh: duvrar — employ, apply
  • Romansh: applitgar — employ, apply
  • Russian: испо́льзовать (ispólʹzovatʹ) — employ, apply
  • Russian: употребля́ть (upotrebljátʹ) — employ, apply
  • Russian: употреби́ть (upotrebítʹ) — employ, apply
  • Russian: применя́ть (primenjátʹ) — employ, apply
  • Russian: примени́ть (primenítʹ) — employ, apply
  • Northern Sami: geavahit — employ, apply
  • Sanskrit: भुनक्ति (bhunakti) — employ, apply
  • Sardinian: imperàre — employ, apply
  • Scots: bruik — employ, apply
  • Scots: uise — employ, apply
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan feum de — employ, apply
  • Scottish Gaelic: cleachd — employ, apply
  • Scottish Gaelic: iomair — employ, apply
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ристити — employ, apply
  • Serbo-Croatian: искорѝстити — employ, apply
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòristiti — employ, apply
  • Serbo-Croatian: iskorìstiti — employ, apply
  • Sinhalese: පාවිච්චි කරනවා (pāwicci karanawā) — employ, apply
  • Slovak: používať — employ, apply
  • Slovak: použiť — employ, apply
  • Slovene: uporabljati — employ, apply
  • Slovene: uporabiti — employ, apply
  • Lower Sorbian: wužywaś — employ, apply
  • Lower Sorbian: wužyś — employ, apply
  • Upper Sorbian: wužiwać — employ, apply
  • Upper Sorbian: wužić — employ, apply
  • Spanish: usar — employ, apply
  • Spanish: utilizar — employ, apply
  • Swahili: tumia — employ, apply
  • Swedish: använda — employ, apply
  • Swedish: bruka — employ, apply
  • Swedish: nyttja — employ, apply
  • Tajik: истифода бурдан (istifoda burdan) — employ, apply
  • Tajik: истифода кардан (istifoda kardan) — employ, apply
  • Tamil: பயன்படுத்து (payaṉpaṭuttu) — employ, apply
  • Tamil: உபயோகப்படுத்து (upayōkappaṭuttu) — employ, apply
  • Tamil: உபயோகி (upayōki) — employ, apply
  • Tatar: кулланырга (qullanırğa) — employ, apply
  • Thai: ใช้ (chái) — employ, apply
  • Thai: นํามาใช้ (nam-maa-chái) — employ, apply
  • Tibetan: བེད་སྤྱོད་བྱེད (bed spyod byed) — employ, apply
  • Tibetan: བེད་སྤྱོད་གཏོང (bed spyod gtong) — employ, apply
  • Tibetan: བེད་སྤྱོད (bed spyod) — employ, apply
  • Tibetan: བཀོལ (bkol) — employ, apply
  • Tocharian B: yaukk- — employ, apply
  • Turkish: kullanmak — employ, apply
  • Turkmen: ulanmak — employ, apply
  • Tuvan: ажыглаар (ajıglaar) — employ, apply
  • Ukrainian: ужива́ти (užyváty) — employ, apply
  • Ukrainian: вжива́ти (vžyváty) — employ, apply
  • Ukrainian: ужи́ти (užýty) — employ, apply
  • Ukrainian: вжи́ти (vžýty) — employ, apply
  • Ukrainian: використо́вувати (vykorystóvuvaty) — employ, apply
  • Ukrainian: ви́користати (výkorystaty) — employ, apply
  • Urdu: استعمال کرنا (iste'māl karnā) — employ, apply
  • Uyghur: ئىشلەتمەك (ishletmek) — employ, apply
  • Uzbek: ishlatmoq — employ, apply
  • Vietnamese: dùng — employ, apply
  • Vietnamese: xài — employ, apply
  • Vietnamese: sử dụng — employ, apply
  • Volapük: gebön — employ, apply
  • Walloon: si siervi — employ, apply
  • Yiddish: ניצן (nitsn) — employ, apply
  • Yiddish: באַניצן (banitsn) — employ, apply
  • Zazaki: kar kerden — employ, apply
  • Bulgarian: употребя́вам (upotrebjávam) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Bulgarian: употребя́ (upotrebjá) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Chinese Cantonese: 用晒 (jung6 saai3) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Dutch: verbruiken — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Finnish: käyttää — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Finnish: kuluttaa — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • German: verbrauchen — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Greek: καταναλώνω (katanalóno) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Hungarian: felhasznál — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Hungarian: elhasznál — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Hungarian: elfogyaszt — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Hungarian: kimerít — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Hungarian: felél — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Hungarian: fogyaszt — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Icelandic: verja — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Irish: caith — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Old Irish: caithid — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Japanese: 使い尽くす (tsukaitsukusu) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Malay: menghabiskan — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Malayalam: ഉപയോഗിക്കുക (upayōgikkuka) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Māori: whakapeto — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Russian: употребля́ть (upotrebljátʹ) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Russian: употреби́ть (upotrebítʹ) — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Northern Sami: loaktit — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Northern Sami: golahit — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Swedish: förbruka — to exhaust the supply of, to consume
  • Dutch: uitbuiten — to exploit
  • Finnish: käyttää hyväksi — to exploit
  • Finnish: käyttää — to exploit
  • Finnish: hyödyntää — to exploit
  • German: ausnutzen — to exploit
  • German: zum Vorwand nehmen — to exploit
  • Persian: استفادن — to exploit
  • Dutch: plegen te — rare: to habitually do
  • Finnish: olla tapana — rare: to habitually do
  • French: avoir l'habitude de — rare: to habitually do
  • German: zu tun pflegen — rare: to habitually do
  • German: gewöhnlich tun — rare: to habitually do
  • Greek: συνηθίζω (synithízo) — rare: to habitually do
  • Hungarian: szokott — rare: to habitually do
  • Italian: solere — rare: to habitually do
  • Italian: essere soliti — rare: to habitually do
  • Portuguese: costumar — rare: to habitually do
  • Russian: име́ть обыкнове́ние (imétʹ obyknovénije) — rare: to habitually do
  • Spanish: soler — rare: to habitually do
  • Spanish: acostumbrar — rare: to habitually do
  • Swedish: bruka — rare: to habitually do