In-use Synonyms

(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)
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. busy
  2. engaged

Words Related to In-use

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. istrstream
  2. display-name
  3. rpcb-gettime-host
  4. in-operation
  5. in-existence
  6. obsolete
  7. volumetric
  8. freeze-drying

In-use Sentence Examples

  • Various methods of making the connexions between the large main cables and the subscribers are in use.

  • The jibs of transporters are often made to slide forward, or lift up, so as to be out of the way when not in use.

  • About that time a thorough reform of the machinery in use was effected whereby the number of hands employed was reduced, but the yearly production doubled or trebled.

  • This system required two line wires, and, although a remarkably serviceable apparatus and in use for many years, is no longer employed.

  • Hughes's form was taken up by the French government in 1860, and is very largely in use not only in France but in all European countries, including Great Britain.

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