make+use+of
1make use of — ► make use of use. Main Entry: ↑use …
2make use of — index capitalize (seize the chance), exercise (use), exert, impropriate, manipulate (utilize skillfully), ply, profit …
3make use of — phrasal : to put to use : use, employ * * * make use of 1. To use, employ 2. To take the help, etc, of (a person) in obtaining an end with no intention of repaying him or her, to exploit • • • Main Entry: ↑use * * * make use of …
4make use of — to do something taboo in connection with Thus to make use of prostitutes is not to find them chaste employment but to copulate regularly with them: to make use of drugs is not to control your hypertension under medical supervision but to… …
5make use of — to use someone or something for a particular purpose, especially one that brings a benefit to you Why doesn t she make use of her singing talent? make good use of someone/something: I hope you ve made good use of your time …
6make use of — use; derive benefit from …
7make use of — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. use, employ, utilize; see use 1 …
8make use of — phrasal to put to use ; employ …
9make use — verb To use, usually productively and/or for a specific purpose. Syn: employ, exploit, take advantage of …
10make use of — benefit from. → use …
11make use of — idi to use, esp. effectively; employ …
12make use of something — make ˈuse of sth/sb idiom to use sth/sb, especially in order to get an advantage • We could make better use of our resources. • You should make use of your contacts. Main entry: ↑useidiom …
13make use of somebody — make ˈuse of sth/sb idiom to use sth/sb, especially in order to get an advantage • We could make better use of our resources. • You should make use of your contacts. Main entry: ↑useidiom …
14make use of without permission — index pirate (reproduce without authorization) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15To make use of — Use Use, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one s service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;… …
16Use — Use, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Used}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Using}.] [OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Utility}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make use of; to… …
17use — 1 / yüs/ n 1 a: an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust; statute of uses in the important laws section ◇ Uses… …
18use — [yo͞oz; ] for n. [ yo͞os] vt. used [yo͞ozd; ] with [ “] to [, ] usually [ yo͞os′tə] using [ME usen < OFr user < VL * usare < L usus, pp. of uti, to use] 1. to put or bring into action or service; employ for or apply to a given purpose 2 …
19use — [n] application; employment account, adoption, advantage, appliance, applicability, appropriateness, avail, benefit, call, capitalization, cause, convenience, custom, end, exercise, exercising, exertion, fitness, good, habit, handling, help,… …
20use — ► VERB 1) take, hold, or deploy as a means of achieving something. 2) (use up) consume or expend the whole of. 3) treat in a particular way. 4) exploit unfairly. 5) (used to) did repeatedly or existed in the past. 6) …
