using

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.zɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈju.zɪŋ/

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Verb

using

1. present participle and gerund of use

Noun

using (usually uncountable, plural usings)

1. use; utilization
   • 1910, Philip H. Wicksteed, The Commonsense of Political Economy:

     It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.

Derived terms

• multiusing
• nonusing

Anagrams

• Ginsu, Guins, suing

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

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Noun

using

1. charcoal

Siraya

Adjective

using

1. small

References

• Adelaar, Alexander (2012), Siraya: Retrieving the Phonology, Grammar and Lexicon of a Dormant Formosan Language, de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 392