USAGE Synonyms

• the state of being employed or having a job

• the occupation for which you are paid

• the act of giving someone a job

• the act of using

• the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

• the act of using

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding

• (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches

• an action, often used negatively and without consequences

• put to use

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• give a workout to

• do physical exercise

• learn by repetition

• the act of using

• the state of having been made use of

• the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

• a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

• the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

• the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

• a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

• the work of applying something

• a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

• liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

• a diligent effort

• the action of putting something into operation

• a large formal assembly

• something regarded as a normative example

• (diplomacy) an international agreement

• orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

• the act of convening

• an established custom

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order

• the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)

• attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)

• excessive use of drugs

• put a habit on

• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

• the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• translating an idea into action

• the exercise of a profession

• knowledge of how something is usually done

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• learn by repetition

• engage in a rehearsal (of)

• avail oneself to

• engage in or perform

• an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

• a short performance that is part of a longer program

• a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

• found in the ordinary course of events

• an inherited pattern of thought or action

• a specific practice of long standing

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)

• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

• accepted or habitual practice

• the act of using

• what something is used for

• a particular service

• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

• (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• take or consume (regularly or habitually)

• use up, consume fully

• seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage

• avail oneself to

• habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)

• the act of using