Standard Lemma guide

uses

name · noun · verb · 4 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.sɪz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈju.sɪz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /jʉː.sɪz/
  • New-Zealand: /jʉː.səz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈju.zɪz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /jʉː.zɪz/
  • New-Zealand: /jʉː.zəz/
  • rhymes with -uːzɪz
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.zɪz/
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 S AH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y UW1 S IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: Y UW1 Z AH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 4: Y UW1 Z IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of United States Employment Service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of use

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another in trust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

third-person singular simple present indicative of use

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.