Meanings (ES + gloss)
empleo • usaje (disused) • usanza • uso • utilización
The act of using.
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensiv…
The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
utilidad
Usefulness, benefit.
God made two great lights, great for their use / To man.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
función
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow o…
This tool has many uses.
Phrases
alcohol use disorderas much use as a chocolate fireguardas much use as a chocolate teapotcaffeine use disordercan I use your phonecestuy que usecome in usecompassionate usedisusedo you need to use the bathroomdrug usedual-usedual-use research of concernfree usego out of usehave no use forhyper-useill-usein usein-useit's no useland useland-usemake usemeanwhile usemisusemixed-useneither use nor ornamentno usenon-useof any useof some useof useold useout of useoverusepoint of useprivate-use characterput to good useput to use
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
usar • utilizar
To utilize or employ.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
acostumbrar • soler
To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
I used to get things done.
Peter Pol, doctor in divinitie used to sit upon his mule, who as Monstrelet reporteth, was wont to ride up and downe the streets of Paris, ever sitting sideling, as women use.
Phrases
abusecould usedisusemisusereuseusabilityusableusageuse a sledgehammer to crack a nutuse in angeruse ituse it or lose ituse one's coconutuse one's headuse one's loafuse one's nogginuse the bathroomuse the master's tools to dismantle the master's houseuse the pottyuse the restroomuse the toiletuse the useruse the washroomuse upuse your wordsuse-by dateusedused touseeusefuluser