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using
verb
noun
To utilize or employ.
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/ˈjuːzɪŋ/ /ˈjuːzɪŋ/
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verb
To utilize or employ.
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”
(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
“I used to get things done.”
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
“to use an animal cruelly”
To behave, act, comport oneself.
noun
Use; utilization
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Example Sentences
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
I used to get things done.
to use an animal cruelly
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