Preserve and Use

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Preserve

Preserve verb - To keep in good condition.
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Use is an antonym for preserve in care for topic.
Nearby Words: preserved, preservation, preserver, preserving, preservative

Use

Use verb - To put into action or service.
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Synonyms for Use
Antonyms for Use
Preserve is an antonym for use.
Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using
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How words are described

regular regular preserve regular use
modern modern preserve modern use

Common collocations

power preserve power use power
body preserve body use body
name preserve name use name
knowledge preserve knowledge use knowledge
Other words: way, voice, magic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Brain Uploading: Diaspar has perfected the technology, and its citizens use it to preserve themselves between reincarnations.
    Source: Literature / The City and the Stars
  • Being already wealthy, he starts a project to use cryogenics to preserve the best and the brightest to repopulate the human race about 2000 years later.
    Source: I Did What I Had To Do / Live-Action TV
  • Mummies at the Dinner Table Heinlein's Glory Road, Star mentions that it is normal on her planet to use Magitek to preserve the dead and then later send them off to another dimension.
    Source: Mummies at the Dinner Table
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