in use
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1.0
- idiom
- The next bungalow is not in use.
- currently in use
- in use today
- now in use
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- So we've got HEDT high end desktop CPU's in use for video editing.
- It's like the first laser that's in use as a weapon.
- The hand is immobilized, so the hand not usually in use has to do all the work.
- It was, in fact, away from the wall, obviously not in use.
- But on the actual battlefield electricity was not that much in use.
- If you under flow it, you pre memory that's still in use.
- OK the the smallest nuclear weapon that America has ever had in use was the Davy Crockett weapon system.
- So we don't when we talk about gene editing, we have the the technology which is in use is like a CRISPR.
Examples
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It still runs under the city, but it's no longer in use.
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The IY TCM program is in use across a variety of cultures and populations.
Academic text (2011) -
- This box is already in use.
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It's still in use today.
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It's in use at the moment.
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It's safe and still in use.
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It's not in use now.
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Sorry, the laundry room is in use now.
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Do the assessments that are currently in use sufficiently predict student outcomes?
Academic text (2011) -
This box is in use for storing supplies.
Synonyms
82
3.4
Not able to be used, reached, or bought
43
2.4
A seat or place that someone is using
27
3.2
Working now and serving its purpose
23
1.0
Unavailable because someone else is using it
21
3.7
A machine used now in regular service, for example a bus
1
3.2
Already in use so you cannot use it
Antonyms
How Occupied
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'being used or occupied' is directly derivable from combining the preposition 'in' (indicating a state or location) with the noun 'use' (the action or function), so the phrase literally describes something that is within use. This compositional preposition + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand 'in use'.
Etymology
In use comes from the simple picture of something being in use: imagine a chair with someone sitting on it, so the chair is not free. So in use means 'being used' or 'occupied' now.