usedFor

P98
predicate

Indicates that one entity serves a purpose, function, or role in accomplishing, enabling, or supporting another entity or activity.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
usedFor canonical 317,286
serves 85,401
usedIn 70,547

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: usedFor
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves a purpose, function, or role in accomplishing, enabling, or supporting another entity or activity.

Sample triples (735,304)

Subject Object
Soviet ruble retail transactions in the USSR
Soviet ruble accounting in state enterprises
"L'union fait la force"
surface form: L'union fait la force
national motto of Belgium via predicate surface "usedAs"
"L'union fait la force"
surface form: L'union fait la force
national motto of Haiti via predicate surface "usedAs"
"L'union fait la force"
surface form: L'union fait la force
motto of the Belgian Revolution via predicate surface "usedAs"
Old Italic script Italian Peninsula via predicate surface "usedIn"
Geophysical Service Incorporated reflection seismology via predicate surface "usedMethod"
Reunion Tower special light shows
Reunion Tower holiday light displays
Reunion Tower sports team celebrations
Born–Oppenheimer approximation Hartree–Fock calculations via predicate surface "usedIn"
Born–Oppenheimer approximation density functional theory via predicate surface "usedIn"
Born–Oppenheimer approximation ab initio quantum chemistry via predicate surface "usedIn"
Born–Oppenheimer approximation molecular dynamics simulations via predicate surface "usedIn"
Born–Oppenheimer approximation Born–Oppenheimer approximation via predicate surface "usedIn" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics
Born–Oppenheimer approximation vibronic coupling analysis via predicate surface "usedIn"
Born–Oppenheimer approximation Franck–Condon principle via predicate surface "usedIn"
GAU University of Göttingen
Faculty of Medicine
surface form: Faculty of Medicine, University of Göttingen
teaching hospitals for clinical training via predicate surface "uses"
Schwarzschild black hole tests of general relativity via predicate surface "usedIn"
Schwarzschild black hole gravitational lensing calculations via predicate surface "usedIn"
Schwarzschild black hole accretion disk models via predicate surface "usedIn"
FLRW cosmological models standard model of cosmology via predicate surface "usedIn"
FLRW cosmological models ΛCDM model via predicate surface "usedIn"
Mr. Secretary United States Secretary of Defense
Kirk Scotland via predicate surface "isUsedIn"
Kirk England via predicate surface "isUsedIn"
Kirk United States of America via predicate surface "isUsedIn"
surface form: United States
Kirk Canada via predicate surface "isUsedIn"
Kirk Australia via predicate surface "isUsedIn"
Poucha Pond wildlife habitat
Poucha Pond recreation
feature film "Chappaquiddick"
surface form: Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick incident via predicate surface "basedOn"
feature film "Chappaquiddick"
surface form: Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick incident via predicate surface "basedOn"
surface form: Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick scandal
Arabic Arab world via predicate surface "usedIn"
Giza railway station Giza via predicate surface "serves"
surface form: city of Giza
Giza railway station Greater Cairo metropolitan area via predicate surface "serves"
Giza railway station commuter travel
Giza railway station tourist travel to Upper Egypt
Giza railway station domestic long-distance travel
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence financial sanctions via predicate surface "uses"
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence intelligence analysis via predicate surface "uses"
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence regulatory tools via predicate surface "uses"
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence law enforcement coordination via predicate surface "uses"
Eiffel Tower radio transmission
Eiffel Tower television transmission
Hall of Remembrance candle lighting
Hall of Remembrance moments of silence
Hall of Remembrance memorial services
Hall of Remembrance commemorative programs