different between use vs standing
use
English
Etymology
Noun from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ?sus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ?tor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (See note) from Old English notu, and Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt.
Verb from Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Vulgar Latin *usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Displaced native Middle English noten, nutten (“to use”) (from Old English notian, n?otan, nyttian) and Middle English brouken, bruken (“to use, enjoy”) (from Old English br?can).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- enPR: yo?os, IPA(key): /ju?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo?oz, IPA(key): /ju?z/
- (General American) enPR: yo?oz, IPA(key): /juz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophones: ewes, yews, yous, youse
Noun
use (countable and uncountable, plural uses)
- The act of using.
- Synonyms: employment, usage, note, nait
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
- Synonyms: benefit, good, point, usefulness, utility, note, nait
- 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- DON PEDRO. Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick.
- BEATRICE. Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it, a double heart for a single one: [...]
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
- (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- (Christianity) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
- From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use.
- (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.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- no use
- what’s the use
Translations
Verb
use (third-person singular simple present uses, present participle using, simple past and past participle used)
- To utilize or employ.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (still common)
- (now rare)
- (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
- 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees, London: T. Ostell, 1806, Sixth Dialogue, p. 466,[1]
- It is not without some difficulty, that a man born in society can form an idea of such savages, and their condition; and unless he has used himself to abstract thinking, he can hardly represent to himself such a state of simplicity, in which man can have so few desires, and no appetites roving beyond the immediate call of untaught nature […]
- 1742, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, London: S. Richardson, 4th edition, Volume 3, Letter 12, p. 53,[2]
- So that reading constantly, and thus using yourself to write, and enjoying besides the Benefit of a good Memory, every thing you heard or read, became your own […]
- 1769, John Leland, Discourses on Various Subjects, London: W. Johnston and J. Dodsley, Volume 1, Discourse 16, p. 311,[3]
- […] we must be constant and faithful to our Words and Promises, and use ourselves to be so even in smaller Matters […]
- 1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Book 3, Chapter 24,[4]
- The family troubles, she thought, were easier for every one than for her—even for poor dear mamma, because she had always used herself to not enjoying.
- 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees, London: T. Ostell, 1806, Sixth Dialogue, p. 466,[1]
- (intransitive, now rare, literary, except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 1 Peter 4:9,[5]
- Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, II:
- I do not use to let my wife be acquainted with the secret affairs of my state; they are not within a woman's province.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 1 Peter 4:9,[5]
- (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene 6,[6]
- See who it is: and, now the battle’s ended,
- If friend or foe, let him be gently used.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 6:28,[7]
- Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem in IV Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, p. 58,[8]
- If in my flower of youth and strength, when all men / Lov’d, honour’d, fear’d me, thou alone could hate me / Thy Husband, slight me, sell me, forgo me; / How wouldst thou use me now, blind, and thereby / Deceivable […]
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato: A Tragedy, London: J. Tonson, Act I, Scene 2, p. 6,[9]
- Cato has used me Ill: He has refused / His Daughter Marcia to my ardent Vows.
- , Book 8, Chapter 3,
- “I hope,” said Jones, “you don’t intend to leave me in this condition.” “Indeed but I shall,” said the other. “Then,” said Jones, “you have used me rascally, and I will not pay you a farthing.”
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene 6,[6]
- (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
- 1551, Thomas More, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,[10]
- They live together lovingly: For no Magistrate is either haughty or fearefull. Fathers they be called, and like fathers they use themselves.
- c. 1558, George Cavendish, The Life and Death of Thomas Wolsey, cardinal, edited by Grace H. M. Simpson, London: R. & T. Washbourne, 1901, page 57,[11]
- I pray to God that this may be a sufficient admonition unto thee to use thyself more wisely hereafter, for assure thyself that if thou dost not amend thy prodigality, thou wilt be the last Earl of our house.
- 1551, Thomas More, Utopia, London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, 1639, “Of Bond-men, Sicke persons, Wedlocke, and divers other matters,” page 231,[10]
Usage notes
- When meaning "accustom, habituate" or "habitually do (or employ)", the verb use is pronounced /ju?s/ (like the noun use); these senses and hence this pronunciation is now found chiefly in the past tense or as a past participle (/ju?st/), or in the (past) negative form did not use (as in I did not use to like her or the dragoons did not use [habituate, become habituated] to the Russian cold). In all other senses, it is pronounced /ju?z/ (past tense/participle /ju?zd/).
- See also the usage notes at used to (and use to) for more, especially on the use of this sense in interrogatives, negatives, and the past tense.
Synonyms
- (employ, apply, utilize): apply, employ, engage, utilise, utilize
- (exploit): exploit, take advantage of
Derived terms
Translations
References
- use in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- EUS, SEU, Sue, UEs, sue, ues
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- ussa, usse, uuse
Etymology
Contraction of us + hii.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /?uz?/
Adverb
use
- out
- 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- Aber i muess pressiere, daß i bald fertig wirde. Nächär chani use go spiele.
- But I need to hurry so I can finish soon. Then I can go out and play.
- Aber i muess pressiere, daß i bald fertig wirde. Nächär chani use go spiele.
- 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
Asturian
Verb
use
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of usar
Chuukese
Etymology
From u- +? -se.
Pronoun
use
- I do not
Adjective
use
- I am not
- I was not
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yz/
Verb
use
- first/third-person singular present indicative of user
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of user
- second-person singular imperative of user
Anagrams
- eus, sue, sué
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.ze/
- Rhymes: -uze
Adjective
use
- feminine plural of uso
Anagrams
- sue
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?.se/, [?u?s??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?u.se/, [?u?s??]
Participle
?se
- vocative masculine singular of ?sus
Manx
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
use m (genitive singular use, plural useyn)
- (finance) interest; usury
Derived terms
Portuguese
Verb
use
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of usar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of usar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of usar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of usar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?use/, [?u.se]
Verb
use
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of usar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of usar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of usar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of usar.
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standing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stænd??/
Etymology 1
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standan? (“to stand”), equivalent to stand +? -ing.
Verb
standing
- present participle of stand
- 1991, Backdraft
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Backdraft
Adjective
standing (not comparable)
- Erect, not cut down.
- Performed from an erect position.
- standing ovation
- Remaining in force or status.
- standing committee
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
- standing water
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- a standing colour
- Not movable; fixed.
- a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
- the standing rigging of a ship
Antonyms
- (stagnant): moving, working (committees)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +? -ing.
Noun
standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)
- Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- Duration.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry
- I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.;
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- (Britain) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
- 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
- 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:
- "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."
- 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- (Britain, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
- Synonym: pitch
Derived terms
- class standing
- hard standing
- good standing
Translations
References
- (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Cebuano
Etymology
From English standing.
Noun
standing
- in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring
Faroese
Etymology
standa (“to stand”) +? -ing
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?stant??k]
Noun
standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)
- erection
Declension
Synonyms
- reðurstøða
French
Etymology
From English standing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??.di?/
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- standing, status
- Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate
- appartement de grand standing
Further reading
- “standing” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?tandin/, [es?t?ãn?.d??n]
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- status, standing, class
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