verb · neutral
use
UK/juːs/US/jus/USE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
to employ something for a purpose or to be of benefit
Examples
“You can use my laptop for the presentation.”
“Is this information useful?”
“That app is useless without internet.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study proved useful for shaping policy recommendations on urban transport.”
Collocations
- be useful for somebody/something
- make use of something
- use something for a purpose
Word family
use verbuse nounuseful adjectiveusefully adverbusefulness nounuseless adjectiveuselessness noun
Common mistakes
This book is good for learning, very useful.→This book is very useful for learning.
I made use this tool yesterday.→I made use of this tool yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5good→6practical→7+useful
Synonyms
beneficial
practical
Easily confused
useful
“That website is useful for researching history topics.”
useable
“The old phone is still usable for calls.”
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