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Uses

The act of using.

📖 Definitions of "Uses"

noun

1
The act of using.
"The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations."
2
The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
3
(followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
"What's the use of a law that nobody follows?"
4
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
"This tool has many uses."

verb

1
To utilize or employ.
2
To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
"soldiers who are used to hardships and danger"
3
(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
"I used to get things done."
4
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
"to use an animal cruelly"

noun

1
A form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another in trust.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
utilisationnoun	The act of using something.
utiliseverb	To make use of; to use.
applyverb	(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
functionnoun	What something does or is used for.
utilizeverb	(US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.]
practicenoun	Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
utilizationnoun	(Canada, US, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilisation. [The act of using something.]
purposenoun	The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
employverb	To retain (someone) as an employee.
employmentnoun	The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
usagenoun	The act of using something; use, employment.
habitnoun	An action performed on a regular basis.
manipulationnoun	The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
usancenoun	Use.
rolenoun	The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
enjoymentnoun	(countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
expendverb	(transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource).
wontverb	Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).
exercisenoun	(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
consumptionnoun	The act of eating, drinking or using.