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in use, adj.
freq. cnt. 5
more info (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)
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

busy engaged in use

sample sentences

"her line is busy"
"receptionists' telephones are always engaged"
"the lavatory is in use"
"kept getting a busy signal"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
more info currently being used
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

in use

sample sentences

"robots are in use throughout industry"
semantic pointers
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