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ugly ["^g li] 1. adj. not pleasant to
look at; not attractive. (Comp:
uglier; sup: ugliest.)
2. adj. not
pleasant; menacing. (Comp:
uglier; sup: ugliest.)
→
rear its ugly head
ultimate ["^l t@ m@t] adj. final.
(Adv: ultimately.)
the
ultimate n. the best thing or
person; the most superior thing or
person. (Informal. No plural.
Treated as singular.)
ultimately ["^l t@ m@t li] adv. in the
end; at the final decision about an
issue.
umbrella [@m "brEl @] n. a dome-
shaped wire frame connected to a
handle and covered with water-
proof fabric, used as protection
against the rain.
umpire ["^m paI#] 1. n. a referee;
someone who enforces the rules of
certain sports; someone who
judges the plays in certain sports.
2. iv. to act as Q. 3. tv. to referee a
game; to judge the plays in certain
sports.
unable to

do something
[@n "e
b@l
] not able to do something;
not having the ability to do some-
thing.
unaccustomed to
someone or
something
not used to someone or
something.
unafraid [@n @ "fred] adj. not
afraid; brave; without fear.
unanimous [ju "nAn @ m@s] adj. in
complete agreement; agreed to by
everyone; with everyone saying
“yes.” (Adv: unanimously.)
unarmed [@n "armd] adj. not
armed; not carrying any weapons;
without any weapons.
unassisted [@n @ "sIs tId] adj. with-
out assistance; without help.
unaware [@n @ "wEr] adj. not aware;
not conscious of someone or
something; not knowing of some-
one or something.
→
caught unaware(s)
unbelievable [@n b@ "liv @ b@l] adj.
extreme and not able to be

believed. (Adv: unbelievably.)
unbiased [@n "baI @st] adj. not
biased; fair; not favoring one side
over another. (Adv: unbiasedly.)
unbreakable [@n "brek @ b@l] adj.
not able to be broken. (Adv:
unbreakably.)
uncertain [@n "s#t n] 1. adj. [of a
decision] able to change or be
changed; not sure. (Adv: uncer-
tainly.)
2. adj. not known for sure;
not yet decided.
3. adj. change-
able; not reliable. (Adv: uncer-
tainly.)
uncle ["^N k@l] n. the brother of
one’s father or mother; the hus-
band of one’s aunt. (Also a term of
address. Capitalized when written
as a proper noun.)
→
Dutch uncle
unclear [@n "klIr] adj. not clear; not
understood well. (Adv: unclearly.)
uncomfortable [@n "k^mf t@ b@l]
1. adj. not comfortable; feeling
uneasy. (Adv: uncomfortably.)
2. adj. causing discomfort. (Adv:
uncomfortably.)

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unconscious [@n "kan S@s] 1. adj.
not conscious; no longer con-
scious. (Adv: unconsciously.)
2. adj. done without thinking.
(Adv: unconsciously.)
3. n. the part
of one’s mind of which one is not
aware. (No plural.)
undecided [@n dI "saId Id] 1. adj.
unsure of how one will decide; not
having made a decision. (Adv:
undecidedly.)
2. adj. [of a matter
that has] not yet been determined.
(Adv: undecidedly.)
under ["^n d#] 1. prep. in or at a
place below or beneath someone
or something; to or into a place
below or beneath someone or
something.
2. prep. less than
something.
3. prep. affected by the

control or influence of someone
or something; ranked beneath
someone or something.
4. adv.
below; below the surface; beneath.
under a cloud (of suspicion) to
be suspected of something.
under arrest being or having been
arrested and in the care of the
police in preparation for the filing
of a criminal charge.
under construction in the process
of being built or repaired.
under control manageable;
restrained and controlled.
under fire while being attacked;
during an attack.
under oath bound by an oath; hav-
ing taken an oath.
under
one’s
own steam by one’s
own power or effort.
under scrutiny being watched or
examined closely; with close
examination.
under (some) pressure experi-
encing something that causes an
amount of stress or anxiety.
under

someone’s
(very) nose and
right under
someone’s
nose
1. right in front of someone. 2. in
someone’s presence.
under the counter [for something
to be bought or sold] secretly or
illegally.
under the influence of
something
experiencing the effects of some-
thing such as alcohol, drugs, or
any controlling power or person.
under the table in secret, as with
the giving of a bribe; illegally.
under the weather ill.
under the wire just barely in time
or on time.
underclothes ["^n d# klo(D)z] n.
underwear; underpants and
undershirts; the clothing worn
next to the skin, usually under
other pieces of clothing. (Treated
as plural, but not countable.)
underclothing ["^n d# klo DIN] n.
underwear; underclothes. (No plu-
ral. Treated as singular.)
undergo [@n d# "go] tv., irreg. to

experience something, especially
something that is difficult. (Past
tense:
underwent; past participle:
undergone.)
undergone [@n d# "gOn] Past par-
ticiple of
undergo.
undergraduate [@n d# "grA dZu
@t
] 1. n. a college student who has
not yet received a bachelor’s
degree.
2. the adj. use of Q.
underline ["^n d# laIn] 1. tv. to
draw a line under a word to give
underline
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the word emphasis; to emphasize a
word by drawing a line under it.
2. n. a line that is drawn under a
word to give the word emphasis.
underneath [@n d# "niT] 1. prep.
beneath someone or something;
below someone or something;
under someone or something.
2. adv. under someone or some-
thing that is on top; under some-

one or something.
underpaid [@n d# "ped] adj. not
paid as well as one should be; not
given enough money for one’s
work.
underpants ["^n d# pAnts] n. an
article of clothing worn next to the
skin below the waist, usually
under other clothing. (Treated as
plural. Number is expressed with
pair(s) of underpants. Also count-
able.)
undershirt ["^n d# S#t] n. a piece
of clothing worn above the waist
next to the skin, usually under
other clothing.
undershorts ["^n d# Sorts] n.
underpants; a piece of clothing
worn below the waist next to the
skin, usually under other clothing.
(Treated as plural. Number is
expressed with pair(s) of under-
shorts.)
underside ["^n d# saId] n. the sur-
face of the bottom part of some-
one or something.
understand [@n d# "stAnd] 1. iv.,
irreg. to know; to be aware of the
meaning of something; to know
about something; to be familiar

with something. (Past tense and
past participle:
understood.) 2. tv.,
irreg. to know something; to know
the meaning of something.
3. tv.,
irreg. to assume something; to
believe something. (The object is a
clause with
that U.)
understanding [@n d# "stAnd IN]
1. n. the ability to understand. (No
plural.)
2. n. an informal agree-
ment.
3. adj. able to understand;
sympathetic.
understood [@n d# "stUd] past
tense and past participle of
under-
stand.
undertaker ["^n d# te k#] n.
someone who arranges funerals.
underwater [@n d# "wa t#] 1. adj.
under the surface of water.
2. adj.
made for use under the water.
3. adv. under the surface of water.
underwear ["^n d# wEr] n. under-
clothing, especially underpants;

clothing worn next to the skin,
usually under other clothing. (No
plural. When this refers to under-
pants, number is expressed with
pair(s) of underwear.)
underweight ["^n d# wet] adj. not
weighing as much as one should;
weighing too little.
underwent [@n d# "wEnt] past
tense of
undergo.
underworld ["^n d# w#ld] n. the
world of crime; criminals and
their society.
undid [@n "dId] past tense of undo.
undo [@n "du] 1. tv., irreg. to cancel
the effects of something; to cause
something to be as though nothing
had ever been done to it. (Past
tense:
undid; past participle:
undone.) 2. tv., irreg. to untie
something; to unfasten something.
underneath
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undoing [@n "du IN] n. something
that causes failure or ruin. (No
plural.)

undone [@n "d^n] Past participle of
undo.
undress [@n "drEs] 1. tv. to remove
someone’s clothes.
2. iv. to take off
one’s own clothes.
unduly [@n "du li] adv. in an exces-
sive way; in an excessively negative
way.
unearth [@n "#T] 1. tv. to remove
something from the ground; to dig
something up from the earth.
2. tv. to discover and reveal some-
thing; to disclose something; to
expose something. (Figurative on
Q.)
uneasy [@n "i zi] adj. not comfort-
able; upset; anxious; worried.
(Adv: uneasily.)
uneducated [@n "EdZ @ ket Id] adj.
not educated; not having attended
school; not having been taught.
unequal [@n "i kw@l] adj. not equal
in size, amount, degree, impor-
tance, or worth. (Adv: unequally.)
uneven [@n "i v@n] 1. adj. [of a sur-
face] not even; not smooth; rough;
bumpy. (Adv: unevenly.)
2. adj. [of
a process or flow] not constant;

varying; irregular. (Adv:
unevenly.)
3. adj. not equal;
unequal. (Adv: unevenly.)
unexpected [@n Ek "spEk tId] adj.
not expected; surprising; [of
something that happens] not
known about before it happens.
(Adv: unexpectedly.)
unfair [@n "fEr] adj. not fair; unjust;
not right; unequal. (Adv: unfairly.)
unfasten [@n "fA s@n] 1. tv. to open
something by removing a fastener;
to make something loose by
adjusting a fastener.
2. iv. to
become loose or open.
unfold [@n "fold] 1. tv. to spread
something out; to open something
that is folded.
2. iv. to develop; to
become known; to be revealed.
unforeseen [@n for "sin] adj. not
anticipated; not foreseen; not
known in advance.
unforgettable [@n for "gEt @ b@l]
adj. unable to be forgotten; always
remembered. (Adv: unforgettably.)
unfortunate [@n "for tS@ n@t] adj.
not fortunate; not lucky. (Adv:

unfortunately.)
unfriendly [@n "frEnd li] adj. not
friendly; hostile. (Comp:
unfriendlier; sup: unfriendliest.)
unguarded [@n "gar dId] 1. adj. not
guarded; not protected; open to
attack.
2. adj. careless, especially
in trying to keep secrets. (Adv:
unguardedly.)
unhappy [@n "hAp i] adj. not
happy; sad; not pleased. (Adv:
unhappily. Comp: unhappier; sup:
unhappiest.)
unhealthy [@n "hEl Ti] 1. adj. bad
for one’s health. (Adv: unhealthily.
Comp: unhealthier; sup: unhealth-
iest.)
2. adj. sick; having bad
health. (Adv: unhealthily. Comp:
unhealthier; sup: unhealthiest.)
unicorn ["ju n@ korn] n. a mythical
creature resembling a horse with a
single horn on its forehead.
uniform ["ju n@ form] 1. n. the
clothes that are worn by all the
members of a certain group.
uniform
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2. adj. identical; alike; not varying;
having no variation. (Adv: uni-
formly.)
unify ["ju n@ faI] 1. tv. to unite
something or a group; to bring
many parts together to make one
whole thing.
2. iv. to become
united; to be brought together to
make one whole thing.
unimportant [@n Im "port nt] adj.
not important; not significant.
(Adv: unimportantly.)
union ["jun j@n] 1. n. the joining
together of two or more people or
things.
2. n. the bond between two
or more people or things that are
joined together.
3. n. an organiza-
tion whose members work
together in support of a common
interest, especially an organization
of workers in a particular trade.
4. the adj. use of W or E.
unique [ju "nik] adj. unlike any-
thing else; having no equal; being
the only one of its kind. (No com-
parative or superlative. Adv:

uniquely.)
unison ["ju n@ s@n] adj. making one
sound; [all] sounding the same
octave.
→
in unison
unit ["ju nIt] 1. n. a single thing or
person; one part of a group of
people or things.
2. n. a group of
things thought of as being one
thing.
3. n. an amount of a stan-
dard measurement.
unite [ju "naIt] 1. tv. to join two or
more people or things together; to
bring two or more people or
things together.
2. iv. to join
together; to come together.
unite against
someone or some-
thing
to join against someone or
something.
unite
people
against
someone or
something

to cause people to join
together against someone or
something.
united [ju "naIt Id] adj. brought
together; joined together, espe-
cially because of a common pur-
pose. (Adv: unitedly.)
unity ["ju n@ ti] n. the condition of
being together; the condition of
being united. (No plural.)
universal [ju n@ "v# s@l] 1. adj.
shared by every member of a
group; of or about everyone;
understood by everyone. (Adv:
universally.)
2. n. a concept that is
Q.
universe ["ju n@ v#s] n. everything
that exists in space; all of space
and everything that exists in it.
university [ju n@ "v# s@ ti] n. a
school for higher education, usu-
ally consisting of one or more col-
leges for undergraduates and
usually one or more schools for
graduate students.
unjust [@n "dZ^st] adj. not just;
unfair; not right. (Adv: unjustly.)
unkind [@n "kaInd] adj. not kind;
mean; without concern for others.

(Adv: unkindly. Comp: unkinder;
sup: unkindest.)
unknown [@n "non] 1. adj. not
known; unfamiliar.
2. adj. not
famous; not recognized.
3. n.
someone who is not (widely)
known; something that is not
known.
unify
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unlawful [@n "lO fUl] adj. not legal;
illegal; against the law. (Adv:
unlawfully.)
unless [@n "lEs] conj. except under
the circumstances that something
specific happens. (Followed by a
clause.)
unlike [@n "laIk] 1. adj. not like
someone or something else; not
equal; not similar; different.
(Prenominal only.)
2. prep. not
similar to someone or something;
different from someone or some-
thing.
3. prep. not characteristic or

typical of someone or something.
unlikely [@n "laIk li] adj. not proba-
ble; not likely; likely to fail; not
likely to succeed.
unlimited [@n "lIm @ tId] adj. not
limited; without limits; not
restricted. (Adv: unlimitedly.)
unlock [@n "lak] tv. to open a lock.
unlucky [@n "l^k i] 1. adj. not
lucky; not having good luck;
unfortunate. (Adv: unluckily.
Comp: unluckier; sup: unluckiest.)
2. adj. causing bad luck; causing
misfortune. (Adv: unluckily.
Comp: unluckier; sup: unluckiest.)
unmentionable [@n "mEn S@ n@
b@l
] adj. not able to be mentioned;
not to be mentioned, especially
because it would not be polite to
do so. (Adv: unmentionably.)
unpack [@n "pAk] 1. tv. to remove
objects that have been packed; to
remove objects that are in a box or
suitcase.
2. iv. to remove objects
that have been packed.
unpleasant [@n "plEz @nt] adj. not
pleasant; not pleasing; not nice;
not enjoyable. (Adv: unpleasantly.)

unpopular [@n "pap j@ l#] adj. not
popular; not preferred by many
people. (Adv: unpopularly.)
unreal [@n "ril] adj. not real; incred-
ible; unbelievable.
unrealistic [@n ri @ "lIs tIk] 1. adj.
not realistic; not seeming real;
seeming fake. (Adv: unrealistically
[
Ik li].) 2. adj. not practical.
(Adv: unrealistically [
Ik li].)
unreasonable [@n "ri z@ n@ b@l]
1. adj. not reasonable; not sensi-
ble; not rational. (Adv: unreason-
ably.)
2. adj. too much; excessive.
(Adv: unreasonably.)
unrest [@n "rEst] n. a feeling of not
being satisfied; a troubled or
uneasy feeling. (No plural.)
unruly [@n "ru li] 1. adj. badly
behaved; not obedient; not paying
attention to authority.
2. adj. [of
hair] not orderly; [of hair] hard to
control.
unsatisfactory [@n sAt Is "fAk t@
ri
] adj. not satisfactory; not good

enough; not adequate. (Adv:
unsatisfactorily.)
unscientific [@n saI @n "tIf Ik] adj.
not scientific; not using principles
of science. (Adv: unscientifically
[
Ik li].)
unscrew [@n "skru] 1. tv. to remove
something, such as a screw or a
lid, by turning it.
2. iv. [for a
screw, lid, bolt, etc.] to rotate and
become loose.
unseen [@n "sin] adj. not seen; hid-
den; out of sight.
→
buy
something
sight unseen
unstable [@n "ste b@l] 1. adj. not
secure; not having proper balance.
(Adv: unstably.)
2. adj. not steady;
unstable
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likely to change. (Adv: unstably.)
3. adj. [of someone] mentally dis-
turbed or troubled. (Adv:

unstably.)
unsteady [@n "stEd i] 1. adj. shaky;
not secure. (Adv: unsteadily.)
2. adj. not dependable; likely to
change. (Adv: unsteadily.)
unsure [@n "SUr] adj. not sure;
uncertain. (Adv: unsurely.)
untidy [@n "taI di] adj. not tidy; not
clean; messy. (Adv: untidily.
Comp: untidier; sup: untidiest.)
untie [@n "taI] 1. tv. to loosen
something that is tied; to undo
something that is tied. (The pres-
ent participle is untying in both
senses of the verb.)
2. iv. to
become undone as in Q.
until [@n "tIl] 1. prep. up to a cer-
tain time; during a period of time
up to a certain time; continuing
during a period of time and then
stopping at a certain time. (See
also
till.) 2. conj. up to a time
when something happens; up to a
time when a certain condition is
met. (Followed by a clause.)
3. conj. before. (Used with a nega-
tive construction in the main
clause.)

→
put
something
off (until
something
)
→ talk until
one
is blue in the face
→ tide
someone
over (until
something
)
untimely [@n "taIm li] 1. adj. not
timely; happening too soon; hap-
pening too early.
2. adj. not suit-
able; not appropriate; at the wrong
time.
→
come to an untimely end
unto [@n tu] prep. to someone or
something. (Formal or old.)
→ a
law unto
oneself
untold [@n "told] 1. adj. not told;
not expressed; not revealed.
2. adj.

countless; too great to be counted.
untrue [@n "tru] adj. not true; false;
incorrect. (Adv: untruly.)
untrue (to
someone or something
)
not loyal to someone or some-
thing; not faithful to someone or
something.
unusual [@n "ju Zu @l] adj. not
usual; strange; different; not ordi-
nary. (Adv: unusually.)
unwanted [@n "wan tId] adj. not
wanted. (Adv: unwantedly.)
unwelcome [@n "wEl k@m] adj. not
welcome; not wanted. (Adv:
unwelcomely.)
unwholesome [@n "hol s@m] adj.
not good for one’s morals or one’s
health. (Adv: unwholesomely.)
unwind [@n "waInd] 1. tv., irreg. to
remove something that is wound
around an object. (Past tense and
past participle:
unwound.) 2. iv.,
irreg. to relax.
3. iv., irreg. [for
something] to become loose and
to pull away from an object that it
is wound around.

unwise [@n "waIz] adj. not wise;
foolish; silly. (Adv: unwisely.)
unwound [@n "waUnd] past tense
and past participle of
unwind.
up [^p] 1. adv. from a lower level
toward a higher level.
2. adv.
toward the north; northward; in
the north.
3. adv. into a vertical or
almost vertical position; in a verti-
cal or almost vertical position.
4. adv. completely; totally. (Used
especially with verbs such as eat,
drink, use, and finish.)
5. adv.
tightly; into a tight condition;
unsteady
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firmly. (Used especially with verbs
such as roll, curl, fold, and wind.)
6. adv. together; into a condition
in which things are together.
(Used especially with verbs such
as add, total, count, link, connect,
and gather.)
7. adj. over; finished.

(Not prenominal.)
8. prep. on or
along something to a higher level
or position.
up a blind alley at a dead end; on a
route that leads nowhere.
up in arms rising up in anger, as if
armed with weapons.
up in the air undecided; uncertain.
up to
doing something
able to do
something.
up to
one’s
ears (in
something
) Go
to
up to
one’s
neck (in
something
).
up to
one’s
neck (in
something
)
and up to

one’s
ears (in
some-
thing
) very much involved in
something.
up to par as good as the standard
or average; up to the standard.
update ["^p det] 1. n. something
that has new information, espe-
cially a news report that has more
information.
2. tv. to make some-
thing more modern; to make
something up-to-date.
3. tv. to
provide the latest information; to
inform someone of the latest
news.
updated [@p "det Id] adj. made
modern; changed or made to be
modern or current.
upgrade
someone or something
to
something
to raise someone or
something to a higher grade or
rank.
upkeep ["^p kip] 1. n. mainte-

nance; the work required to main-
tain something. (No plural.)
2. n.
the cost of Q. (No plural.)
upon [@ "pOn] 1. prep. on the sur-
face of someone or something.
2. prep. at the instant of doing
something; on the occasion of
something happening; immedi-
ately or very soon after something
has happened.
upon impact at the place or time of
an impact.
upper ["^p #] adj. the higher of two
things; closer to the top of some-
thing than to the bottom.
→
get the upper hand (on
someone
)
→ keep a stiff upper lip
the upper crust the higher levels of
society; the upper class.
uppercase ["^p # "kes] adj. [of a
letter or letters] in the larger size
as with B in Bill; capitalized.
(Compare this with
lowercase.)
uproar ["^p ror] n. a loud, noisy,
confused activity.

uproot [@p "rut] 1. tv. to pull up a
plant, including its roots.
2. tv. to
cause someone to move from
where one lives. (Figurative on
Q.)
upset 1. [@p "sEt] adj. worried
about something.
2. [@p "sEt] adj.
[of someone’s stomach] feeling
bad or sick.
3. [@p "sEt] tv., irreg.
to knock something over; to tip
something over; to turn some-
thing over. (Past tense and past
participle: upset.)
4. [@p "sEt] tv.,
irreg. to defeat someone or some-
thing that was expected to win.
5. [@p "sEt] tv., irreg. to disturb
upset
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someone; to bother someone; to
make someone worried.
6. [@p
"sEt
] tv., irreg. to make someone’s
stomach feel bad.

7. ["@p sEt] n. a
surprise victory; the defeat of
someone or something by some-
one or something else that was not
expected to win.
upside down ["^p saId "daUn] adj.
having the top part at the bottom;
having the wrong end or side up.
(Hyphenated before a nominal.)
upstairs 1. ["^p "stErz] adj. located
on an upper floor; located on a
higher floor.
2. [@p "stErz] adv. on
or toward the next floor of a
building; on or toward an upper
floor of a building.
3. ["^p "stErz]
n. the top floor of a building; the
upper floor of a building. (Treated
as singular.)
upstream ["^p "strim] adv. against
the current of a river.
up-to-date ["^p t@ "det] adj. cur-
rent; including or based on the lat-
est facts or information.
upward ["^p w#d] adj. moving up;
climbing; rising; advancing. (Adv:
upwardly.)
upward(s) adv. to or toward a
higher position; to or toward a

higher level; to or toward the top
part of something.
uranium [j@ "ren i @m] n. a chemi-
cal element used mainly as fuel for
nuclear reactors. (No plural.)
urban ["# b@n] adj. of or about a
city or cities in general; not subur-
ban or rural.
urge ["#dZ] 1. n. a strong feeling,
desire, or need to do something.
2. tv. to force or encourage some-
one or something to go forward.
(The object can be a clause with
that U.)
urge
someone
to
do something
to
try to persuade someone to do
something; to beg someone to do
something.
urgent ["# dZ@nt] adj. very impor-
tant; [of something] needing
attention before anything else.
(Adv: urgently.)
urinate ["jUr @ net] iv. to cause or
allow urine to flow from the body.
urine ["jUr In] n. a liquid waste
product removed by the kidneys

and discharged from the body.
(No plural.)
urn ["#n] 1. n. a large vase or pot,
often used for plants or for ashes
from a dead person’s remains.
2. n.
a large container for holding hot
liquids, especially coffee.
us ["^s] pron. the objective form of
we, referring to a group of people
including the speaker or writer.
U.S. Go to U.S.A.
U.S.A. and U.S. ["ju "Es ("e)] the
United States of America.
usage ["ju sIdZ] n. the way words in
a language typically occur in
speech. (No plural.)
use
1.
["jus] n. consuming or oper-
ating something; the intended
function of something; the pur-
pose of something, especially the
purpose of meeting people’s
needs. (Plural only for types and
instances.)
2. ["juz] tv. to employ
someone or something for a cer-
tain purpose; to put something
into service.

3. ["juz] tv. to treat
upside down
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someone badly or to one’s own
advantage.
→
make use of
someone or something
use every trick in the book to
use every method possible.
use
something
up to consume or
use all of something.
used ["juzd] adj. already owned;
not new; secondhand.
→
be used to
doing something
→ be used to
someone or something
used to
do something
["jus t@ ]
did something in the past as a
matter of habit or custom.
useful ["jus fUl] adj. helpful; able to
be used. (Adv: usefully.)

useless ["jus l@s] adj. not helpful;
not able to be used; having no
effect; having no purpose. (Adv:
uselessly.)
usher ["^S #] 1. n. someone who
shows people to their seats in a
church, auditorium, theater, or
other place where people gather.
2. tv. to guide someone to a seat;
to escort someone to a seat.
usher
someone or something
in(to
someplace
) to escort or lead a per-
son, a group, or something into a
place.
usher
someone or something
out
(of
someplace
) to escort or lead
someone, a group, or something
out of a place.
usual ["ju Zu w@l] adj. ordinary;
typical; customary; common;
regular. (Adv: usually.)
→
as usual

utensil [ju "tEn s@l] n. a tool that
helps someone do something,
especially a tool that helps some-
one cook or eat.
utility [ju "tIl @ ti] 1. n. a service
providing products such as elec-
tricity, water, gas, and waste
removal to homes and businesses.
2. n. a company that provides a
public service.
3. adj. having a
basic function; providing for basic
service. (Prenominal only.)
utilize ["jut @ laIz] tv. to use some-
thing practically; to make use of
something; to employ something
for a purpose.
utter ["^t #] 1. tv. to say something;
to express something aloud.
2. adj.
complete; total. (Adv: utterly.)
→
not utter a word
utterance ["^t @ r@ns] n. speaking;
uttering words. (Plural only for
types and instances.)
utterance
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