use

/juːz/

意味: 使う

例文: Lena used Kai’s pen.
　　  レナはカイのペンを使った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: use a tool(道具を使う), use a computer(コンピュータを使う), use a phone(電話を使う)

定義: 何かを目的のために使うこと。例えば、道具や機械を使って何かをすること。

useは約2,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the act of using
Noun: what something is used for
Noun: a particular service
Noun: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Noun: (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
Noun: exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one’s own advantage
Noun: (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
Verb: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
Verb: take or consume (regularly or habitually)
Verb: use up, consume fully
Verb: seek or achieve an end by using to one’s advantage
Verb: avail oneself to
Verb: habitually do something (use only in the past tense)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I use a laptop for work every day.(私は毎日仕事にノートパソコンを使います。)
She knows how to use this software well.(彼女はこのソフトの使い方をよく知っています。)
We should use renewable energy more often.(私たちはもっと再生可能エネルギーを使うべきです。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Noun: skilled in the utilization of computers
Noun: the function of an auger is to bore holes
Noun: ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
Noun: he put his knowledge to good use
Noun: patrons have their uses
Noun: the consumption of energy has increased steadily
Noun: owls have nocturnal habits
Noun: she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair
Noun: long use had hardened him to it
Noun: his manipulation of his friends was scandalous
Noun: we were given the use of his boat
Verb: use your head!
Verb: we only use Spanish at home
Verb: I can’t use this tool
Verb: Apply a magnetic field here
Verb: This thinking was applied to many projects
Verb: How do you utilize this tool?
Verb: I apply this rule to get good results
Verb: use the plastic bags to store the food
Verb: He doesn’t know how to use a computer
Verb: She uses drugs rarely
Verb: The legislature expended its time on school questions
Verb: She uses her influential friends to get jobs
Verb: The president’s wife used her good connections
Verb: apply a principle
Verb: practice a religion
Verb: use care when going down the stairs
Verb: use your common sense
Verb: practice non-violent resistance
Verb: She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally
Verb: I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall
Verb: They used to vacation in the Bahamas

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): apply, consumption, economic consumption, employ, employment, enjoyment, exercise, expend, function, habit, habituate, manipulation, practice, purpose, role, usage, usance, use, use of goods and services, utilisation, utilise, utilization, utilize

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, activity, consume, custom, demand, exploit, influence, legal right, utility

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): act on, acting, aid, alternate, americanism, anglicism, antagonize, anticipate, attack, attempt, avail, begin, behave, behavior, burst, buzz, calibration, cannibalize, ceremony, coact, come close, come to the fore, compulsory process, concealment, condescend, conjugal right, conjugal visitation right, consuetude, consumption, continuance, continue, control, cope, copyright, court, couvade, create, creation, cross-pollination, cup of tea, dally, dare, deal, demand, detergency, dismantling, dispatch, diversion, do well, domesticity, drink, drug, eat, education, effect, egotrip, eminent domain, energizing, enjoyment, enticement, evade, exert, exposure, feed, finish up, follow-up, force, franchise, fun, function, game, germanism, get around to, go, go ahead, go off half-cocked, grouping, guard, habit, helpfulness, hijab, hit, hypnotism, impingement, instrumentality, interact, interrupt, lamentation, last, laughter, leadership, liveliness, lord it over, make a point, make bold, make hay, maneuver, manipulation, market, measurement, misbehave, music, mystification, negotiation, occupation, operation, organization, partake, participate, partner, patent right, perform, perpetrate, perturbation, placement, play, play it by ear, pleasure, politics, practicability, practicality, practice, precession, preemption, preparation, prey, procedure, prosecute, protection, provision, puncture, race, rampage, react, reciprocate, release, repeat, representation, reward, right of election, right of entry, right of offset, right of privacy, right of re-entry, ritual, role, rush, sample, satiate, satisfice, search, seat, sensory activity, service, serviceability, set about, sin, smoke, sneak, solo, space walk, stampede, sup, support, surprise, swallow, take, take care, take in, take time by the forelock, tenure, timekeeping, title, training, try, turn, use, usufruct, variation, verbalization, visitation right, volunteer, wait, waste, woo, work, works, worship, writing, wrongdoing

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abuse, address, application, avail, board, cannibalize, cleanliness, conspicuous consumption, drink, enjoy, exert, exploit, exploitation, fair use, fall back, follow, fruition, give, implement, mind game, misapply, misuse, overuse, pervert, play, ply, practice, pull out all the stops, put, raison d’etre, recycle, recycling, ritual, second nature, share, spare, strain, take, trespass, waste, work

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: applicable, application, applicative, applicatory, employ, employment, enjoy, exercise, expenditure, function, habit, habitual, habituate, manipulate, practice, usable, usage, usance, use, useable, user, using, utilisation, utilise, utility, utilizable, utilization, utilize, utilizer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検5級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: