[juːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ
(e.g: she used her key to open the front door)

- take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply
(e.g: we have used all the available funds)

- describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past
(e.g: this road used to be a dirt track)

- be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience
(e.g: she was used to getting what she wanted)

- one would like or benefit from
(e.g: I could use another cup of coffee)


Phrases:
- be any use
- be neither use nor ornament
- be no use
- be of use
- have no use for
- have one's uses
- make use of
- put something to good use
- use and wont
- use someone's name

Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti

[juːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose
(e.g: modern trains are now in use)

- the value or advantage of something
(e.g: what's the use of crying?)

- the habitual consumption of a drug
(e.g: theft and dealing financed their heroin use)

- the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese


Phrases:
- be any use
- be neither use nor ornament
- be no use
- be of use
- have no use for
- have one's uses
- make use of
- put something to good use
- use and wont
- use someone's name

Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti