uses

NOUN

application; employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adoption benefit handling help need operation practice purpose service treatment usage value

STRONG

account advantage appliance applicability appropriateness avail call capitalization cause convenience custom end exercise exercising exertion fitness good habit helpfulness mileage mobilization necessity object occasion point profit reason relevance serviceability usability usefulness utility way wont worth

WEAK

wear and tear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantage harm hindrance hurt injury

STRONG

inappropriateness loss unsuitability uselessness

VERB

work with; consume

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept adopt apply control employ exploit handle manage manipulate operate practice run spend utilize wield work

STRONG

bestow capitalize exercise exert exhaust expend govern ply regulate relate waste

WEAK

avail oneself of bring into play bring to bear draw on find a use make do with make the most of make use play on press into service put forth put into action put to use put to work run through set in motion take advantage of turn to account

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease halt leave alone let go mismanage misuse neglect reject renounce repudiate stop

STRONG

save

WEAK

abstain

Example Sentences

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Customs and Border Patrol uses rodeo events to recruit agents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Infleqtion is pursuing neutral atoms, a newer approach that uses individual atoms suspended in place by laser beams.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Kalshi said it uses a third-party vendor to block members of Congress, the president, cabinet secretaries, judges, other top government officials and their families from joining the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The company, also known as Burgess and Leigh, uses craft traditions such as a tissue transfer printing technique to create its products.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

She speaks in the same pitch of voice she uses for callers and keeps one hand on a cord so that anyone watching her would think she was connecting a call.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse