n.
1) to apply, employ, use a ~
2) to adopt a ~
3) to give up, scrap a ~
4) an antiquated, obsolete; crude; infallible, sure; modern, up-to-date; refined, sophisticated; sound; unorthodox ~
5) the case; deductive; inductive; scientific; Socratic ~
6) Madison Avenue ('high-pressure') ~s
7) the audiovisual; direct, oral; grammar-translation ~ (of foreign language instruction); the tutorial ~ (of instruction)
8) teaching ~s
9) the rhythm ~ (of contraception)
10) a ~ for; in, to (a ~ for learning languages; there is a definite ~ in her manner of interrogation)