use (EN)
darbības vārds, lietvārds

darbības vārds “use”

use; he uses; past used, part. used; ger. using
  1. izmantot
    She used a hammer to drive the nail into the wall.
  2. izlietot
    She used up all the flour baking cookies for the school event.
  3. izmantot (ar negatīvu konotāciju)
    He felt betrayed when he realized his friend was only using him to get closer to his sister.
  4. lietot
    He uses cocaine.
  5. atzīt par noderīgu
    After walking for hours, I could really use a hot bath.

lietvārds “use”

sg. use, pl. uses or uncountable
  1. izmantošana
    The use of plastic bags has decreased significantly since the introduction of a bag tax.
  2. lietošana
    John's drug use started in college and quickly spiraled out of control.
  3. noderīgums
    After hours of trying to fix the old computer, he finally asked himself, "What's the use of keeping this if it never works?"
  4. mērķis
    The spare room in our house found its use as a home office during the pandemic.
  5. vajadzība
    Since I've memorized the recipe, I have no use for the cookbook anymore.