What is the meaning of using?

noun

  • An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly. )
    • usage: "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

verb

  • Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
    • usage: "use your head"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
  • Take or consume (regularly or habitually. )
    • usage: "She uses drugs rarely"
  • Use up, consume fully.
    • usage: "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
  • Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.
    • usage: "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
  • Avail oneself to.
    • usage: "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
  • Habitually do something (use only in the past tense. )
    • usage: "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
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APAWordNet. (2010). using. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/using/definitions/1318638
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "using" http://smartdefine.org/using/definitions/1318638 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, using, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/using/definitions/1318638>.
MLAWordNet. "using" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/using/definitions/1318638>
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