put to use

English

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Verb

put to use (third-person singular simple present puts to use, present participle putting to use, simple past and past participle put to use)

(transitive) To use; to utilise; to apply.
If you put this make-up to use, you should be able to hide that blemish.

Derived terms

put to good use

Translations

to utilise

Chinese:
Mandarin: 派用場／派用场 (pài yòngchǎng), 動用／动用 (zh) (dòngyòng), 施展 (zh) (shīzhǎn)
Finnish: käyttää (fi), ottaa käyttöön
French: utiliser (fr)
Greek: χρησιμοποιώ (el) (chrisimopoió)
Russian: испо́льзовать (ru) (ispólʹzovatʹ) (transitive), воспо́льзоваться (ru) (vospólʹzovatʹsja) (+ instrumental case)
Spanish: valerse de, echar mano de
Ukrainian: використо́вувати (uk) impf (vykorystóvuvaty), ви́користати pf (výkorystaty), кори́стува́тися impf (korýstuvátysja), користа́тися impf (korystátysja), скори́стува́тися pf (skorýstuvátysja), скориста́тися pf (skorystátysja), застосо́вувати impf (zastosóvuvaty), застосува́ти pf (zastosuváty)

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