Definition of Use

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Definition of Use

Use

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.

Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.

Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.

Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.

The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

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

To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.

To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.

To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.

To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."

To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.

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Use Quotations

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Zig Ziglar

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas Jefferson

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
Wayne Dyer

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Tony Robbins

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Tony Robbins

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Tony Robbins

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Winston Churchill

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
Winston Churchill

Use Translations

use in Afrikaans is gebruik
use in Danish is tilbringe, afbenyttelse, bruge, brug, benyttelse
use in Dutch is aanwending, toepassing
use in French is employer, usage, utiliser
use in German is Benutzung, anwenden, benutzen, Gebrauch
use in Italian is uso, adoperare
use in Latin is commodum, usus, usurpo
use in Portuguese is usar, uso, empregar
use in Spanish is uso, usar, utilizacion, utilizar

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