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Term: using

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

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Definitions

Noun

  1. An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

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 "using".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 using 2 145
2 housing 2 59
3 causing 2 18
4 amusing 3 14
5 refusing 3 10
6 accusing 3 8
7 rousing 2 8
8 focusing 3 6
9 pausing 2 6
10 arousing 3 3
11 diffusing 3 3
12 accusingly 4 2
13 amusingly 4 2
14 carousing 3 2
15 confusing 3 2
16 espousing 3 1
17 fusing 2 1
18 musing 2 1
19 musings 2 1
20 perusing 3 1
21 refocusing 4 1
22 warehousing 3 1
23 abusing 3 0
24 busing 2 0
25 clausing 2 0
26 confusingly 4 0
27 defusing 3 0
28 dousing 2 0
29 dusing 2 0
30 excusing 3 0
31 grousing 2 0
32 housings 2 0
33 infusing 3 0
34 klausing 2 0
35 misusing 3 0
36 overusing 4 0
37 recusing 3 0
38 reusing 3 0
39 suffusing 3 0
40 tusing 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "using".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 yearning 2 7
2 yelling 2 6
3 yachting 2 2
4 yawning 2 2
5 curing 2 1
6 fuming 2 1
7 fusing 2 1
8 musing 2 1
9 buehring 2 0
10 buesing 2 0
11 duling 2 0
12 feuding 2 0
13 fueling 2 0
14 fuelling 2 0
15 huling 2 0
16 muting 2 0
17 yearling 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 housing 2 59
2 sing 1 34
3 pushing 2 17
4 nursing 2 17
5 rushing 2 10
6 rousing 2 8
7 pausing 2 6
8 upswing 2 2
9 pulsing 2 2
10 musing 2 1
11 fusing 2 1
12 rusting 2 1
13 ousting 2 1
14 musings 2 1
15 tusing 2 0
16 dusing 2 0
17 busing 2 0
18 tussing 2 0
19 reusing 3 0
20 lusting 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 using the 1 20
2 using a 1 19
3 using propaganda 4 3
4 using their 1 3
5 using different 3 2
6 using either 2 2
7 using common 2 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 by using 1 8
2 of using 1 4
3 as using 1 3
4 to using 1 2
5 now using 1 2
6 writing using 2 2
7 played using 1 2
8 and using 1 2
9 systems using 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 explicitly 4 2
2 cults 1 2
3 done 1 2
4 falsehoods 2 2
5 discredited 4 2
6 seen 1 2
7 sessions 2 2
8 wisdom 2 2
9 made 1 2
10 mink 1 2
11 resistance 3 2
12 animal 3 2
13 viewed 1 2
14 dimensions 3 2
15 navigated 4 2
16 described 2 2
17 ways 1 2
18 constructed 3 2
19 source 1 2
20 installs 2 2
21 achieved 2 2
22 read 1 2
23 database 3 2
24 situation 4 2
25 agencies 3 2
26 adept 2 2
27 directly 3 2
28 sung 1 2
29 studies 2 2
30 study 2 2
31 navigates 3 2
32 address 2 2
33 paper 2 2
34 instrument 3 2
35 also 2 2
36 fantail 2 2
37 rescue 2 2
38 declined 2 2
39 evolved 2 2
40 writing 2 2
41 experiments 4 2
42 design 2 2
43 built 1 2
44 automobiles 4 2
45 advice 2 2
46 played 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tsang 1 0
2 tseng 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 40

Sound Alikes: 17

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 7

Words that Precede: 9

Statistically Associated: 46

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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