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A used car has already had one or more owners. Would you buy a used car from this man? His only big purchase has been a used Ford. = second-hand
A used object is dirty or spoiled because it has been used, and usually needs to be thrown away or washed. a used cotton ball stained with makeup He took a used envelope bearing an Irish postmark. unused
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You use expressions such as it's no use, there's no use, and what's the use to indicate that a particular action will not achieve anything. It's no use arguing with a drunk There's no use you asking me any more questions What's the use of complaining?
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If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it. You will no longer have a use for the magazines They both loved the fabric, but couldn't find a use for it
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If you say that being something or knowing someone has its uses, you mean that it makes it possible for you to do what you otherwise would not be able to do. Being a hospital Sister had its uses
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Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it. Police have been hampered by Mr Urquhart's use of bogus names
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If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use. The leisure facilities are there for the use of guests He raises crops mainly for the use of his family
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If you make use of something, you do something with it in order to do a job or achieve a particular result or effect. Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them. making use of the same bottle time after time
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If you have the use of something, you have the permission or ability to use it. She will have the use of the car one night a week. young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs You will have full use of all the new leisure club facilities
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Your use of something is the action or fact of your using it. The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs. research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms We are denied use of the land by the ruling classes He would support a use of force if the UN deemed it necessary
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If something such as a technique, building, or machine is in use, it is used regularly by people. If it has gone out of use, it is no longer used regularly by people. the methods of making Champagne which are still in use today The site has been out of use for many years
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If something or someone is of use, they are useful. If they are no use, they are not at all useful. The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students I'm sorry, I've been no use to you
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If you say it's no use, you mean that you have failed to do something and realize that it is useless to continue trying because it is impossible. It's no use. Let's hang up and try for a better line
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If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose. Infrared detectors have many uses It's an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever French furniture was designed for every use The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon. Elderflower Water for use as an eye and skin lotion We need to recognize that certain uses of the land upon which we live are simply wrong
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A use of a word is a particular meaning that it has or a particular way in which it can be used. There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out
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