use
21
8.7
- noun
- /juːs/
- Formal
- Everything is here for our use, temporarily, as we ourselves are only here temporarily.
- fair use
- land use
Examples
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And commands that you continue to leave Box 5 empty... for his use.
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And it also raised questions about the use of eminent domain.
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- It's for private use only.
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The use of private contractors is totally within the parameters... ...of Defense Department spending.
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Our classrooms and athletic facilities will be available for use in ROTC activities.
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Right after Lonergan bought that land, your wife made a ruling that approved the rezoning of that land for commercial use.
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Lacking a national currency, different factions issued their own bills for use within their fiefdoms.
Academic text (2011) -
We drove to the bay where I'd borrowed the use of my uncle's Cai 30 sloop.
Fiction book (1991) -
They also left a heavy front-end loader which the Mohawks immediately put to their own use.
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The lawyer explained the legal definition of use concerning property rights and ownership.
Synonyms
90
4.0
The power to use something or someone as you wish
23
4.3
Using something for a purpose
4
2.1
Using something for a certain purpose
2
5.0
The legal right to use a property and get its benefits
The use of something like a loan or scholarship to get money
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
17
3.9
The right to use small parts of someone else's work without permission for teaching, news, or criticism
- Formal
1
8.9
A legal protection that stops a witness's forced testimony or evidence from being used to find them guilty
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Use in law means the 'right to enjoy' the benefits of property without owning it, and this meaning grew from the old idea of getting the 'use' or benefit from something, from Latin uti 'to use'. That's why in law the word points to the legal right to have the benefit of an asset even if it is not yours.