"use" meaning in Engels

See use in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jʊːz/, /jʊs/ Audio: en-us-use.ogg
  1. gebruik, nut
    Sense id: nl-use-en-noun-47Ug0sy6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /jʊːz/, /jʊs/ Audio: en-us-use.ogg
  1. gebruiken
    Sense id: nl-use-en-verb-n0JMmogm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Werkwoord in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 3",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Werkwoord",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "sense": "iets hergebruiken",
      "word": "to use something over (again)"
    },
    {
      "sense": "iets opgebruiken",
      "word": "to use something up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "iets beginnen te gebruiken",
      "word": "to put something in (to) use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "je eigen intelligentie gebruiken",
      "word": "(figuurlijk) to use one's head"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He uses Wikipedia a lot for his classes.",
          "translation": "Hij gebruikt Wikipedia vaak voor zijn lessen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gebruiken"
      ],
      "id": "nl-use-en-verb-n0JMmogm"
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-us-use.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "use"
}

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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 3",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Zelfstandig naamwoord in het Engels",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Engels",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Zelfstandig naamwoord",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "sense": "geoccupeerd",
      "word": "in use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "het is hopeloos",
      "word": "it's no use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "iets goed gebruiken",
      "word": "to make use of something"
    },
    {
      "sense": "een vaardigheid gebruiken",
      "word": "to put something to (good) use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "niet nuttig",
      "word": "a fat lot of use"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What use is that?",
          "translation": "Wat voor nut heeft dat?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gebruik, nut"
      ],
      "id": "nl-use-en-noun-47Ug0sy6"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "use"
}
{
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    "Woorden in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 3"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Werkwoord",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "sense": "iets hergebruiken",
      "word": "to use something over (again)"
    },
    {
      "sense": "iets opgebruiken",
      "word": "to use something up"
    },
    {
      "sense": "iets beginnen te gebruiken",
      "word": "to put something in (to) use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "je eigen intelligentie gebruiken",
      "word": "(figuurlijk) to use one's head"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He uses Wikipedia a lot for his classes.",
          "translation": "Hij gebruikt Wikipedia vaak voor zijn lessen."
        }
      ],
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        "gebruiken"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "use"
}

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    "Woorden in het Engels",
    "Woorden in het Engels met IPA-weergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels met audioweergave",
    "Woorden in het Engels van lengte 3",
    "Zelfstandig naamwoord in het Engels"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Zelfstandig naamwoord",
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    {
      "sense": "geoccupeerd",
      "word": "in use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "het is hopeloos",
      "word": "it's no use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "iets goed gebruiken",
      "word": "to make use of something"
    },
    {
      "sense": "een vaardigheid gebruiken",
      "word": "to put something to (good) use"
    },
    {
      "sense": "niet nuttig",
      "word": "a fat lot of use"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What use is that?",
          "translation": "Wat voor nut heeft dat?"
        }
      ],
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        "gebruik, nut"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jʊs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "use"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Engels dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the nlwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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