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{ "term": "use", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "use", "heSheIt": "uses" }, "pastSimple": "used", "pastParticiple": "used", "ingForm": "using" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to do something with a machine, a method, an object, etc. for a particular purpose", "sensetop": "use somethinguse something for somethinguse something for doing somethinguse something to do somethinguse something as somethinguse something in something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Can I use the photocopier?", "contextForm": "use something" }, { "text": "He makes beer **using** traditional **methods**." }, { "text": "The applicator makes the glue **easy to use**." }, { "text": "Have you ever used this software before?" }, { "text": "The oven looked as if it had never been used." }, { "text": "How often do you use *(= travel by)* the bus?" }, { "text": "They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force." }, { "text": "a little-used path through the wood" }, { "text": "a **widely used** technique for assessing the strength of metals" }, { "text": "I have some information you may be able to use *(= to get an advantage from)*." }, { "text": "We used a carrot for the snowman’s nose.", "contextForm": "use something for something" }, { "text": "chemicals that are used for cleaning", "contextForm": "use something for doing something" }, { "text": "Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.", "contextForm": "use something to do something" }, { "text": "This tree bark can **be used to make** a black dye." }, { "text": "The building is currently being used as a warehouse.", "contextForm": "use something as something" }, { "text": "You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse." }, { "text": "The drug is also used in the treatment of cancer.", "contextForm": "use something in something" }, { "text": "Candidates are not allowed to use dictionaries in the exam." }, { "text": "Credit cards, used appropriately, are a great financial tool." }, { "text": "Do you habitually use display screen equipment in your job?" }, { "text": "Manufacturers tend to use disks made in the US." }, { "text": "The church is sometimes used as a concert venue." }, { "text": "The tennis court is sometimes used as a car park." }, { "text": "These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use." }, { "text": "a technique that is primarily used in eye surgery" }, { "text": "an etching technique used exclusively by Picasso" }, { "text": "Don't keep asking me what to do—just use your common sense!" }, { "text": "You should learn to use your time more efficiently." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["appropriately", "correctly", "properly"], "verb + use": ["be easy to", "be simple to", "be difficult to"], "preposition": ["as", "for"], "phrases": ["permission to use something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to take a particular amount of a liquid, substance, etc. in order to achieve or make something", "sensetop": "use something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "This type of heater uses a lot of electricity." }, { "text": "I hope you haven't used all the milk." }, { "text": "This paint is very expensive, so please use it sparingly." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["appropriately", "correctly", "properly"], "verb + use": ["be easy to", "be simple to", "be difficult to"], "preposition": ["as", "for"], "phrases": ["permission to use something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to say or write particular words or a particular type of language", "sensetop": "use somethinguse something to do something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The poem uses simple language.", "contextForm": "use something" }, { "text": "That's a **word** I never **use**." }, { "text": "You have to use the past tense." }, { "text": "‘Ethics’ and ‘morality’ are often used interchangeably." }, { "text": "‘Pop art’ is a term **used to describe** a movement that began in the 1950s.", "contextForm": "use something to do something" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["appropriately", "correctly", "properly"], "verb + use": ["be easy to", "be simple to", "be difficult to"], "preposition": ["as", "for"], "phrases": ["permission to use something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to be kind, friendly, etc. to somebody with the intention of getting an advantage for yourself from them", "sensetop": "use somebody", "labels": "(disapproving)", "examples": [ { "text": "Can't you see he's just **using you for his own ends**?" }, { "text": "I felt used." } ], "synonyms": "exploit" }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to take illegal drugs", "sensetop": "use (something)", "labels": "(slang)", "examples": [ { "text": "Most of the inmates have used drugs at some point in their lives." }, { "text": "She's been using since she was 13." }, { "text": "the factors that make people likely to use heroin" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you would like to have something very much", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I think we could all use a drink after that!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody to think about something, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said something stupid", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your head!’" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/juːz/", "audio": "us/use/use__gb_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːzɪz/", "audio": "us/use/uses__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/juːzd/", "audio": "us/use/used__gb_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːzɪŋ/", "audio": "us/use/using__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/juːz/", "audio": "us/use/use__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːzɪz/", "audio": "us/use/uses__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/juːzd/", "audio": "us/use/used__us_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːzɪŋ/", "audio": "us/use/using__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti." }