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
Cotton underwear
Cotton medical gauze
Cotton bandages
Cotton industrial textiles
Cotton yarn production
Cotton thread production
Cotton cottonseed oil production
Cotton animal feed from cottonseed meal
Rebecca English-speaking countries via predicate surface "usedIn"
Rebecca United States of America via predicate surface "usedIn"
surface form: United States
Rebecca United Kingdom via predicate surface "usedIn"
Rebecca Canada via predicate surface "usedIn"
Rebecca Australia via predicate surface "usedIn"
Rebecca New Zealand via predicate surface "usedIn"
Nurse family name via predicate surface "usedAs"
Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring) Professional Development League model via predicate surface "uses"
American League Manager of the Year Major League Baseball via predicate surface "usedIn"
surface form: Major League Baseball regular season
Pizza Hut Park professional soccer matches
Pizza Hut Park major soccer tournaments
CCL (former branding) competition title
CCL (former branding) competition logo
IJ Bay shipping
IJ Bay port activities
IJ Bay ferry transport
IJ Bay recreation
IJ Bay tourism
Herengracht residential via predicate surface "hasUse"
Herengracht office via predicate surface "hasUse"
Herengracht cultural via predicate surface "hasUse"
Singel tourist boat tours
Singel recreational boating
Singel urban drainage
Royal Palace of Amsterdam state visits
Royal Palace of Amsterdam royal receptions
Royal Palace of Amsterdam award ceremonies
Royal Palace of Amsterdam New Year receptions
Royal Palace of Amsterdam royal palace of Louis Bonaparte via predicate surface "usedAs"
International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade arbitration rules tailored to the flower and horticulture trade via predicate surface "uses"
International Court of Arbitration for the Flower Trade participants in the global flower and horticulture supply chain via predicate surface "serves"
Batavia VOC headquarters in Asia via predicate surface "usedAs"
Batavia trading hub for spice trade via predicate surface "usedAs"
Belshazzar’s Feast Biblical story of Belshazzar’s feast via predicate surface "basedOn"
Huygens–Fresnel principle superposition principle via predicate surface "basedOn"
Huygens–Fresnel principle design of optical systems via predicate surface "usedIn"
Huygens–Fresnel principle analysis of apertures and obstacles via predicate surface "usedIn"
Huygens–Fresnel principle Fourier analysis via predicate surface "usedIn"
surface form: Fourier optics
Huygens–Fresnel principle propagation of laser beams via predicate surface "usedIn"
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae correspondence between Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat via predicate surface "basedOn"
Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands)
surface form: Burgerlijk Wetboek
civil law tradition via predicate surface "basedOn"
kishida230 political communication