Synonyms: employ, make use of, turn to account, turn to good account
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /juːz/ |
| Hyphenation | use |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑿𐑵𐑟 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) use | (I) used |
| (thou) usest | (thou) usedst |
| (he) uses, useth | (he) used |
| (we) use | (we) used |
| (you) use | (you) used |
| (they) use | (they) used |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) use | (I) used |
| (thou) use | (thou) used |
| (he) use | (he) used |
| (we) use | (we) used |
| (you) use | (you) used |
| (they) use | (they) used |
| Imperative mood | |
| use | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| using | used |
| Afrikaans | gebruik; gebruik maak van; aanwend |
|---|---|
| Catalan | emprar; usar |
| Danish | benytte; bruge |
| Dutch | aanwenden; gebruiken; gebruik maken van; inzetten |
| Esperanto | uzi; fari uzon de |
| Faeroese | nýta |
| Finnish | käyttää |
| French | appliquer; employer; se servir de; user de |
| German | anwenden; benutzen; brauchen; gebrauchen; verwenden; einsetzen |
| Hungarian | használ |
| Icelandic | brúka; nota |
| Italian | impiegare; usare |
| Latin | uti |
| Low German | gebruken; bruken; gebrüken; gebrüük maken van |
| Malay | gunakan; menggunakan |
| Norwegian | bruke |
| Papiamento | usa |
| Polish | używać |
| Portuguese | usar |
| Romanian | folosi |
| Russian | владеть |
| Saterland Frisian | anweende; benutsje; bruuke; ferweende |
| Scots | uise |
| Spanish | emplear; usar |
| Swedish | använda; begagna; bruka |
| Thai | ใช้ |
| Turkish | kullanmak |
| West Frisian | brûke; gebrûk meitsje fan |