| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A quantity consumed: consumption, usage. See GIVE, USED. 2. A habitual way of behaving: consuetude, custom, habit, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, usage, usance, way, wont. See USUAL. 3. The condition of being put to use: application, duty, employment, service, utilization. See USED. 4. The act of putting into play: application, employment, exercise, exertion, implementation, operation, play, usage, utilization. See USED. 5. The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end: account, advantage, avail, benefit, profit, usefulness, utility. See USED. | | VERB: | 1. To take advantage of unfairly: abuse, exploit, impose, presume. See TREAT WELL. 2. To control or direct the functioning of: manage, operate, run, work. See CONTROL. 3. To put into action or use: actuate, apply, employ, exercise, exploit, implement, practice, utilize. Idioms: avail oneself of, bring into play, bring to bear, make use of, put into practice, put to use. See USED. | | PHRASAL VERB: | use up To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential: deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, sap2. See GIVE, INCREASE, RICH. use up To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend. Informal : polish off. See INCREASE.
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