Betekenis van use In het Nederlands

• 0 to put something such as a tool, skill, or building to a particular purpose:

  • This glass has been used - could you get me a clean one?

  • [ + to infinitive ] Use scissors to cut the shapes out.

  • Going on the expedition gives me a chance to use all the training I've had.

  • The old hospital isn't used any more.

  • These lights are used for illuminating the playing area.

  • To use military force against the protesters would be unacceptable.

• 1 to reduce the amount of or finish something, by eating it, burning it, writing on it, or by a chemical reaction:

  • We've used (up) nearly all of the bread - will you buy some more?

  • Does she still use drugs?

  • Don't worry if you use the shampoo up (= use all of it) - I'll get more tomorrow.

• 2 to say or write a particular word or phrase:

  • "Autumn" is used in British English and "fall" in American English.

  • That's an expression she often uses to describe how she feels.

• 3 to take advantage of a person or situation; to exploit:

  • He's just using you - he'll steal your ideas and then take the credit for them himself.

  • It might be possible to use their mistake to help us get what we want.

• 4 In negative sentences and questions, "use to" replaces "used to" when it follows "did" or "didn't":

  • Did he use to be the doctor in "Star Trek"?

  • We didn't use to go out much during the winter.

• 5 a purpose for which something is used:

  • A food processor has a variety of uses in the kitchen.

  • Don't throw that cloth away - you'll find a use for it one day.

  • No, I don't want to buy a boat - I don't have any use for one!

  • You should be able to put your experience in electronics to (good) use in your new job.

  • Don't touch the machine when it's in use.

  • a flat-screen TV that becomes a mirror when it is not in use

  • It's a name that has almost fallen out of use (= is hardly used now ).

  • There has been an increase in the use of migrant workers in recent years.

  • Traditional farming methods are going out of/coming into use (= used less and less/more and more) in many areas.

  • We might as well make use of the hotel's facilities.

  • They said we could have the use of their beach house whenever they weren't there.

  • She hurt her arm in the fall and lost the use of her fingers temporarily.

• 6 the process of reducing the amount of something by burning it, eating it, involving it in a chemical reaction, etc.:

  • In anaerobic respiration, sugar is broken down to lactic acid without the use of oxygen.

  • a more efficient use of resources

• 7 one of the meanings of a word, or the way that a particular word is used:

  • Can you list all the uses of the word "point"?

• 8 to put something into your service for a purpose:

  • Do you know how to use a computer?

  • We could use your help.

  • She uses so many big words, it’s hard to understand her.

• 9 to reduce the amount of something:

  • We have used all the funds in that account.

• 10 to be friendly toward someone for your own advantage or purposes:

  • She used him to help her get into movies and then discarded him.

• 11 If someone or something is of no use, it cannot be of help:

  • [ U ] There’s no use paying for a permit if you won’t need it.

  • [ U ] He was of no use to us because he couldn’t work every day.