How to pronounce “use”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The act of using.
• (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
• (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
• A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
• Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
• (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
• (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
• (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
• (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
• [Verb]
• To utilize or employ.
• To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
• (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
• (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
• (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
• [Adverb]
• out

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