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Definition of In use

1. Adjective. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; ('engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line). "Kept getting a busy signal"

2. Adjective. Currently being used. "Robots are in use throughout industry"

Definition of In use

1. Adjective. currently being used ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In Use

in tune in turn in twain in two days in two minds in two shakes in two shakes of a cow's tail in two shakes of a dog's tail in two shakes of a duck's tail in two shakes of a lamb's tail

in two ways in twos in unison in unity there is strength in ure in use (current term) in use(p) in utero in vacuo in vain

in view in view of in vino veritas in virtue of in vitro in vitro fertilisation in vivo in vivo fertilization in vogue(p)

Literary usage of In use

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The cross-bow did not go out of use in the French army till the 17th century. Among the other hand-arms in use before the invention of gunpowder were the ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"S. time when not in use, and used the same for making up and shifting its freight trains (except in so far as was reasonably necessary in connection with ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"An invention of the kind might be in use and no burglarious attempt be ever made to enter the safe, and it might be said that the use of the invention was ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"the education of the child easier, will make it vastly more difficult, because it will then be necessary to teach the old system, which will persist in use, ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The »ni w"4««- following table shows the number of woollen factories in England and Wales, the number of spindles and of power looms in use, ..."

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