"put to use" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-put to use 01.ogg [US] Forms: puts to use [present, singular, third-person], putting to use [participle, present], put to use [participle, past], put to use [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> to use}} put to use (third-person singular simple present puts to use, present participle putting to use, simple past and past participle put to use)
  1. (transitive) To use; to utilise; to apply. Tags: transitive Derived forms: put to good use Translations (to utilise): 派用場 (Chinese Mandarin), 派用场 (pài yòngchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 動用 (Chinese Mandarin), 动用 (dòngyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 施展 (shīzhǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), käyttää (Finnish), ottaa käyttöön (Finnish), utiliser (French), χρησιμοποιώ (chrisimopoió) (Greek), испо́льзовать (ispólʹzovatʹ) [transitive] (Russian), воспо́льзоваться (vospólʹzovatʹsja) [with-instrumental] (Russian), valerse de (Spanish), echar mano de (Spanish), використо́вувати (vykorystóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́користати (výkorystaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), кори́стува́тися (korýstuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), користа́тися (korystátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скори́стува́тися (skorýstuvátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), скориста́тися (skorystátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), застосо́вувати (zastosóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), застосува́ти (zastosuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-put_to_use-en-verb-Rm7AuMqH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To use; to utilise; to apply."
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          "sense": "to utilise",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to utilise",
          "word": "valerse de"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to utilise",
          "word": "echar mano de"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "派用場"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pài yòngchǎng",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "派用场"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to utilise",
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      "sense": "to utilise",
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      "sense": "to utilise",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "käyttää"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "ottaa käyttöön"
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      "sense": "to utilise",
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chrisimopoió",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "χρησιμοποιώ"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "испо́льзовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vospólʹzovatʹsja",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "with-instrumental"
      ],
      "word": "воспо́льзоваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "valerse de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "word": "echar mano de"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykorystóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "використо́вувати"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výkorystaty",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́користати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "korýstuvátysja",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "кори́стува́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "korystátysja",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "користа́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skorýstuvátysja",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скори́стува́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skorystátysja",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скориста́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zastosóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to utilise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "застосо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zastosuváty",
      "sense": "to utilise",
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      "word": "застосува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put to use"
}

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