Meanings
verbput to good use (third-person singular simple present puts to good use, present participle putting to good use, simple past and past participle put to good use)
present singular third person puts to good use · participle present putting to good use
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make good use of something.
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Chinese Mandarin 好好利用, 充分利用
- 好好利用 (hǎohǎo lìyòng)make good use of something
- 充分利用 (chōngfèn lìyòng)make good use of something
Finnish laittaa hyötykäyttöön, panna hyötykäyttöön
- laittaa hyötykäyttöönmake good use of something
- panna hyötykäyttöönmake good use of something
French mettre à profit, tirer parti de
- mettre à profitmake good use of something
- tirer parti demake good use of something
- faire bon usage demake good use of something
Italian approfittare di
- approfittare dimake good use of something
Polish dobrze wykorzystywać, dobrze wykorzystać
- dobrze wykorzystywaćmake good use of something
- dobrze wykorzystaćmake good use of something
- dobrze używaćmake good use of something
- dobrze użyćmake good use of something
- dobrze użytkowaćmake good use of something
Portuguese fazer bom uso por
- fazer bom uso pormake good use of something
Spanish dar buen uso
- dar buen usomake good use of something
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