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use

US /jus/

verb, noun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

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

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Employees may use the conference room only with prior approval.

Word Family

NounNoun
use gốc user usage
VerbVerb
use gốc
AdjectiveAdj
usable useable
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • utilizeput into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  • applyput into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  • employthe state of being employed or having a job

Collocations

  • Easy use a dictionary
    to use a dictionary, meaning to put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  • Medium put company resources to good use
    to put company resources to good use, meaning to put into a certain place or abstract location
  • Hard make prudent use of discretionary fiscal reserves
    to create, produce, or cause regarding prudent use of discretionary fiscal reserves
  • Very Hard make use of duplicity to overthrow adversaries
    to create, produce, or cause regarding use of duplicity to overthrow adversaries

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