Synonym: busy, engaged, in use. Similar words: bonus, unusual, minute, continue, aluminum, insinuate, continued, continuous. Meaning: adj. 1. (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) 2. currently being used.
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61. The meeting room is in use at the moment, so we'll have to go somewhere else.
62. A rattlesnake's fangs are neatly folded away when not in use but are swung forward for the strike.
63. Regrettably, it is still possible to find outmoded, noisy extractor fans in use in some facilities.
64. One such system in use on military transport planes costs $ 1. 6 million to install per aircraft.
65. It's another relic, still in use, from the head gardener Charles Beckett's days.
66. But the only sure way to tell if the sett is in use is to watch it.
67. In sum, middleware acts as an integrator for the various standard protocols already in use,(www.Sentencedict.com) or soon to be available.
68. Only after a period of observation of the new layout in use was it confirmed by rebuilding with permanent structures.
69. Surveys of viewing patterns show that in an average household the television set is in use over seven hours a day.
70. Furthermore many fine pieces remain in use today as regalia or ecclesiastical accessories.
71. Please retry specifying an alternative Part Number which is not already in use.
72. Treatment with sedative antihistamines was continued throughout the study if they were in use on entry.
73. In general, though, thinking was retarded by the dichotomous classifications that were in use at the time.
74. Wainfleet, unlike most market towns in East Lindsey, actually has a railway station in use.
75. Use a plug strip for appliances that can be switched off when not in use.
76. The main aim of several sets of video materials is to present examples of language in use in an appropriate context.
77. Books on floppy disk are being targeted at the business market, where there are multitudes of personal computers in use.
78. The 3 expert systems then developed have remained in use on the shop floor since the end of the trial.
79. In use as a hospital until 1965, in 1977 it was declared an historic monument and saved from demolition.
80. However, with modern means of transport, this canal is no longer in use.
81. At this stage, the rules in use are known to all, and all agree on what the rules are.
82. Cut-Through Lane was in use as a tank testing ground by the Ordnance Depot at Chilwell and everything was on wartime footing.
83. All the photocopiers are in use. Could you come back later?
84. The system is not expected to leak while the craft is in orbit and the hydraulics are not in use.
85. It is desirable that the systems we develop in-house should be compatible with those in use elsewhere.
86. We are accustomed to using audio to present examples of language in use.
87. But how were they to know the code they were writing in 1975 would still be in use 25 years later?
88. Substances that alter consciousness are found in use among probably all the people of the world.
89. In use To start with, the Dimension was dead on arrival.
90. And you must recharge the handset by keeping it cradled in the base when not in use.
More similar words: bonus, unusual, minute, continue, aluminum, insinuate, continued, continuous, diminutive, continuing.