use, employ, utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end. use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end.

Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork? Please use the side entrance. If we clear out the spare room, you can use it as a study. The teacher …

She quickly used up (all of) her inheritance. Don't shower too long and use up (all) the hot water.

If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it.

syn: use, utilize mean to put something into action or service. use is a general word referring to the application of something to a given purpose: to use a telephone. use may also imply that …

to come (also fall, go, etc.) into use: to be introduced into customary or habitual employment or practice; to begin to be used; esp. (of vocabulary, syntax, etc.) to be introduced into common …

Definition of use noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

"the use of energy has increased steadily "; "The use of goods and services increased during the holiday season "; - consumption, economic consumption, usance [archaic], use of goods and …

3 days ago · Use definition: to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of.. See examples of USE used in a sentence.

The words employ and utilize are common synonyms of use. While all three words mean "to put into service especially to attain an end," use implies availing oneself of something as a means …