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make use meaning

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    Definition of make use in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGmakes usePRmaking usePT, PPmade use
    1. (with of) To use, usually productively and/or for a specific purpose.
      1. (archaic) To help oneself.
        1. Good Cromwell, neglect him not; make use now, and provide for thine own future safety.
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      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • He puzzles that no one nowadays makes use of the elaborate terminology for degrees of nonwhiteness: quadroons and octoroons, mestizos and zambos and the rest.
        • To investigate if PrP directs polySTs to NCAM1 to facilitate its polysialylation, we made use of the N2a cell model, which was known to lack both polySTs [35 ].
        • Good Cromwell, neglect him not; make use now, and provide for thine own future safety.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs

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      Look-Alike Words
      1. en made use
      2. en makes use
      3. en make up
      4. en make due
      5. en make sure
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of make use for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this idiom "make use" is a verb.
      Definiteness: Level 3
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