Translation
to use, to make use of
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Examples
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I use that word every day.
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She used the time well.
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Which language do you use at home?
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He does not know how to use the tool.
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We will use every means.
is transitive and blunt. Where English hides an instrument inside "use", Esperanto usually brings it out with per: a fluent speaker writes per rather than , and the shorter version is the more natural one. The root gives , for a user, a for usable and for wearing something out through use. is a cousin worth knowing: useful, and the thing you say when something is worth using.
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Word family
Words built on uzi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- eluziverb
to wear out
eluzi: to use up
- misuziverb
to misuse, to abuse
mis-uzi: to use wrongly
- uzadonoun
use, usage
uzi-ad-: the act of using
- uzeblaadjective
usable
uzi-ebl-: able to be used
- uzindaadjective
worth using
uzi-ind-: worthy of use
- uzonoun
use
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 11: uzi, hodiaŭ, vespero and 7 more words.