put to good use in English

Forms: puts to good use [present, singular, third-person], putting to good use [participle, present], put to good use [participle, past], put to good use [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From put to use. Etymology templates: {{m|en|put to use}} put to use Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> to good use}} put to good use (third-person singular simple present puts to good use, present participle putting to good use, simple past and past participle put to good use)

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        "1": "en",
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  "etymology_text": "From put to use.",
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      "form": "puts to good use",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "put to good use",
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    {
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To make good use of something."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make good use of something."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "turn to good account"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "laittaa hyötykäyttöön"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "panna hyötykäyttöön"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "mettre à profit"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "tirer parti de"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "approfittare di"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "fazer bom uso por"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make good use of something",
          "word": "dar buen uso"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put to good use"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "put to use"
      },
      "expansion": "put to use",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From put to use.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts to good use",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting to good use",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put to good use",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put to good use",
      "tags": [
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "To make good use of something."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "make",
          "make"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make good use of something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "turn to good account"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "laittaa hyötykäyttöön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "panna hyötykäyttöön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "mettre à profit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "tirer parti de"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "approfittare di"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "fazer bom uso por"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make good use of something",
      "word": "dar buen uso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put to good use"
}

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"put to good use" meaning in English

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