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Term: uses

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "uses": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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uses

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of using
  2. What something is used for
  3. A particular service
  4. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
  5. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
  6. Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
  7. (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
  8. North american republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in north america plus alaska in northwest north america and the hawaiian islands in the pacific ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Verb

  1. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  2. Take or consume (regularly or habitually)
  3. Use up, consume fully
  4. Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
  5. Avail oneself to
  6. Habitually do something (use only in the past tense)
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "uses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 houses 2 83
2 uses 2 59
3 causes 2 58
4 abuses 3 7
5 buses 2 7
6 refuses 3 6
7 clauses 2 4
8 spouses 2 4
9 surpluses 3 4
10 warehouses 3 4
11 censuses 3 3
12 fuses 2 3
13 accuses 3 2
14 arouses 3 2
15 choruses 3 2
16 excuses 3 2
17 focuses 3 2
18 pauses 2 2
19 blouses 2 1
20 boardinghouses 4 1
21 campuses 3 1
22 caucuses 3 1
23 confuses 3 1
24 diffuses 3 1
25 espouses 3 1
26 farmhouses 3 1
27 firehouses 4 1
28 geniuses 3 1
29 greenhouses 3 1
30 lighthouses 3 1
31 muses 2 1
32 playhouses 3 1
33 sinuses 3 1
34 storehouses 3 1
35 amuses 3 0
36 apparatuses 5 0
37 birdhouses 3 0
38 blockhouses 3 0
39 bonuses 3 0
40 cayuses 3 0
41 ceausescu 3 0
42 ceausescu's 3 0
43 circuses 3 0
44 clearinghouses 4 0
45 clubhouses 3 0
46 coffeehouses 4 0
47 courthouses 3 0
48 crocuses 3 0
49 disabuses 4 0
50 doghouses 3 0
51 dollhouses 3 0
52 fetuses 3 0
53 grouses 2 0
54 guesthouses 3 0
55 guses 2 0
56 hippopotamuses 6 0
57 hothouses 3 0
58 houses' 2 0
59 infuses 3 0
60 megahouses 4 0
61 minibuses 4 0
62 minuses 3 0
63 misuses 3 0
64 omnibuses 4 0
65 outhouses 3 0
66 overuses 4 0
67 penthouses 3 0
68 peruses 3 0
69 pluses 2 0
70 powerhouses 4 0
71 prospectuses 4 0
72 refocuses 4 0
73 retroviruses 5 0
74 ruses 2 0
75 slaughterhouses 4 0
76 statehouses 3 0
77 steakhouses 3 0
78 suffuses 3 0
79 tauruses 3 0
80 townhouses 3 0
81 viruses 3 0
82 walruses 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "uses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 fuses 2 3
2 cuba's 2 2
3 muses 2 1
4 buras 2 0
5 fuchsias 2 0
6 guba's 2 0
7 gulas 2 0
8 kulas 2 0
9 puma's 2 0
10 urias 3 0
11 yoda's 2 0
12 yuhas 2 0
13 yuma's 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "uses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 use 1 591
2 buses 2 7
3 users 2 6
4 fuses 2 3
5 usages 3 3
6 upsets 2 3
7 rushes 2 3
8 pushes 2 3
9 muses 2 1
10 purses 2 1
11 ruses 2 0
12 guses 2 0
13 uss 3 0
14 usines 2 0
15 ushers 2 0
16 users' 2 0
17 user's 2 0
18 tushes 2 0
19 pusses 2 0
20 pulses 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "uses" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 uses the 1 5
2 uses of 1 3
3 uses a 1 3
4 uses optical 3 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "uses" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 that uses 1 3
2 and uses 1 2
3 first uses 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "uses" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nationalist 4 2
2 reinforcement 4 2
3 potatoes 3 2
4 first 1 2
5 project 2 2
6 many 2 2
7 method 2 2
8 highway 2 2
9 system 2 2
10 pilgrimage 3 2
11 often 2 2
12 familiar 3 2
13 anyone 3 2
14 former 2 2
15 switching 2 2
16 potential 3 2
17 food 1 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "uses".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 asks 1 18
2 isis 2 1
3 isms 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 14

Fragments: 82

Sound Alikes: 13

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 4

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 17

Consonant Matches: 3

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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