use
/juz/ verbo A1En español: usar, utilizar, soler, acostumbrar
- To employ; to apply; to utilize. · Use this knife to slice the bread.· We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
- To expend; to consume by employing. · I used the money they allotted me.· We should use up most of the fuel.
- To exploit. · You never cared about me; you just used me!
- To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly. · He uses cocaine.· I have never used drugs.
- To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted. · Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
- To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand. · I could use a drink.· My car could use a new coat of paint.
- To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject. · I use they/them pronouns.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.) · soldiers who are used to hardships and danger· to use the soldiers to hardships and danger
Plural use · He/she/it uses · Pasado used · Participio pasado used · Forma en -ing using
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- use
- He/she/it
- uses
- Pasado
- used
- Participio pasado
- used
- Forma en -ing
- using
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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The leg worked very well, once I was used to it.
However, I will use all the magic arts I know of to keep you from harm.”
They were not as big as the grown folk she had always been used to; but neither were they very small.
“May I have the use of your skiff?”
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