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1. An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
   - exploitation, victimization, victimisation [Brit]

1. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
   - utilize, utilise [Brit], apply, employ
    
2. Take or consume (regularly or habitually)
   "She uses drugs rarely"
   - habituate
    
3. Use up, consume fully
   - expend
    
4. Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
   "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
    
5. Avail oneself to
   "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"
   - practice [N. Amer], apply, practise [Brit, Cdn]
    
6. Habitually do something (use only in the past tense)
   "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"

Derived forms: usings

See also: usage, usance, use up, useable, user

Type of: act, consume, exploit, have, ingest, mistreatment, move, take, take in, work

Encyclopedia: Use