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gebruik — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • custom noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
  • employment noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
  • manipulation noun The act of skillfully handling or operating something.
  • usage noun The act or amount of using something, such as electricity, data, or a resource.
  • use verb To employ something for a particular purpose.
  • utilisation noun The act of using something.

Senses

gebruik is used for these senses in English:

  • custom (legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
  • employment A purpose, a use.
  • manipulation The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
  • utilisation The act of using something.

custom — full definition

  1. noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
  2. adj Made specifically to someone's particular requirements, rather than mass-produced.
  3. noun The regular patronage a business gets from its customers.

employment — full definition

  1. noun A paid job or work that someone does regularly.
  2. noun The state or condition of having a paid job.

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