The act of using.
The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
Heavy alcohol use (2.5 drinks per day or more) at any age is unhealthy and should be avoided.
Noun from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ūtor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (see note) from...
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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 habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.
I used to get things done.