us ['wē] -pron, pl in constr
(variant of we)
- I and the rest of a group that includes me : you and I : you and I and another or others : I and another or others not including you used as pronoun of the first person plural
- i used by sovereigns used by writers to keep an impersonal character
US -abbr
- United States
USA -abbr
- United States Army
- United States of America
us·able ['yü-zə-bəl] -adj, n, adv
- capable of being used
- convenient and practicable for use
USAF -abbr
- United States Air Force
us·age ['yü-sij, -zij] -n
- firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
- a uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular locality or occupation and binding persons entering into transactions chiefly on the basis of presumed familiarity
- the way in which words and phrases are actually used (as in a particular form or sense) in a language community
- the action, amount, or mode of using
- a decreased usage of electricity
- manner of treating
us·ance ['yü-zᵊn(t)s] -n
- usage
- use, employment
- usury
- interest
- the time allowed by custom for payment of a bill of exchange in foreign commerce
USB [,yü-(,)es-'bē] -n
- a standardized serial computer interface that allows simplified attachment of peripherals esp. in a daisy chain
USCG -abbr
- United States Coast Guard
USDA -abbr
- United States Department of Agriculture
use ['yüs] -n
- the act or practice of employing something : employment, application
- he made good use of his spare time
- the fact or state of being used
- a method or manner of employing or applying something
- gained practice in the use of the camera
- habitual or customary usage
- an individual habit or group custom
- a liturgical form or observance
- a liturgy having modifications peculiar to a local church or religious order
- the privilege or benefit of using something
- gave him the use of her car
- the ability or power to use something (as a limb or faculty)
- the legal enjoyment of property that consists in its employment, occupation, exercise, or practice
- she had the use of the estate for life
- a particular service or end
- put learning to practical use
- the quality of being suitable for employment
- saving things that might be of use
- good
- the occasion or need to employ
- took only what they had use for
- the benefit in law of one or more persons
- the benefit or profit of property established in one other than the legal possessor
- a legal arrangement by which such benefits and profits are so established
- a favorable attitude : liking
- had no use for modern art
- accustom, habituate
- to put into action or service : avail oneself of : employ
- to consume or take (as liquor or drugs) regularly
- to carry out a purpose or action by means of : utilize
- manipulate
- to expend or consume by putting to use often used with up
- to behave toward : act with regard to : treat
- used the prisoners cruelly
- stand
- the house could use a coat of paint
- used in the past with to to indicate a former fact or state
- to take illicit drugs regularly
used ['yüzd, in the phrase “used to” usu 'yüs(t)] -adj
- employed in accomplishing something
- that has endured use
- secondhand
- accustomed, habituated
use·ful ['yüs-fəl] -adj, adv
- capable of being put to use
- serviceable for an end or purpose
- of a valuable or productive kind
- do something useful with your life
use·ful·ness -n
- the quality of having utility and esp. practical worth or applicability
use·less ['yüs-ləs] -adj, adv, n
- : having or being of no use:
- ineffectual
- not able to give service or aid : inept
Use·net ['yüz-,net] -n
- the aggregation of all the newsgroups on the Internet
us·er ['yü-zər] -n
- one that uses
user fee -n
- an excise tax often in the form of a license or supplemental charge levied to fund a public service called also user's fee
us·erfriend·ly [,yü-zər-'fren(d)-lē] -adj, n
- easy to learn, use, understand, or deal with
- agreeable, appealing
- a userfriendly atmosphere
USES -abbr
- United States Employment Service
use up -vt
- to exhaust of strength or useful properties
- land that has been used up
USG -abbr
- United States government
USGA -abbr
- United States Golf Association
USGS -abbr
- United States Geological Survey
ush·er ['ə-shər] -n
- an officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, or chamber
- an officer who walks before a person of rank
- one who escorts persons to their seats (as in a theater)
- an assistant teacher
usher ['ə-sh(ə-)riŋ] -vb
- to conduct to a place
- to precede as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger
- to cause to enter : introduce
- a new theory usher ed into the world
- to serve as an usher
ush·er·ette [,ə-shə-'ret] -n
- a girl or woman who is an usher (as in a theater)
usher in -vt
- to serve to bring into being
- a discovery that ushered in a period of change
- to mark or observe the beginning of
- ushered in the new year with merrymaking
USIA -abbr
- United States Information Agency
USMC -abbr
- United States Marine Corps
USN -abbr
- United States Navy
us·nea ['əs-nē-ə, 'əz-] -n
- any of a genus ( Usneaof the family Usneaceae) of widely distributed lichens (as old-man's beard) that have a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus
USNR -abbr
- United States Naval Reserve
USNS -abbr
- United States Naval Ship
USO -abbr
- United Service Organizations
USP -abbr
- United States Pharmacopeia
USPS -abbr
- United States Postal Service
us·que·baugh ['əs-kwi-,bȯ, -,bä] -n
- whiskey
USS -abbr
- United States ship
USSR -abbr
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USTA -abbr
- United States Tennis Association
usu -abbr
- usual
usu·al ['yü-zhə-wəl, -zhəl; 'yüzh-wəl] -adj, adv, n
- accordant with usage, custom, or habit : normal
- commonly or ordinarily used
- found in ordinary practice or in the ordinary course of events : ordinary
usual -n
- something usual
usu·fruct ['yü-zə-,frəkt, -sə-] -n
- the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another
- the right to use or enjoy something
usu·fruc·tu·ary [,yü-zə-'frək-chə-,wer-ē, -sə-] -n
- one having the usufruct of property
- one having the use or enjoyment of something
usufructuary -adj
- of, relating to, or having the character of a usufruct
usu·rer ['yü-zhər-ər, 'yüzh-rər] -n
- one that lends money esp. at an exorbitant rate
usu·ri·ous [yu̇-'zhu̇r-ē-əs, -'zu̇r-] -adj, adv, n
- practicing usury
- involving usury : of the character of usury
usurp [yu̇-'sərp also -'zərp] -vb, n
- to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right
- to take or make use of without right
- usurp ed the rights to her life story
- to take the place of by or as if by force : supplant
- must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice usurp careful judgment
- to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully
usu·ry ['yü-zhə-rē, 'yüzh-rē] -n
- interest
- the lending of money with an interest charge for its use
- the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates
- an unconscionable or exorbitant rate or amount of interest
- interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money
USVI -abbr
- United States Virgin Islands