Use in Korean 🇰🇷

이용되다 info.

Tips to Remember
• Think of 이용 as “use” and -되다 as “to become” or “to be”; together they indicate that something “becomes used” or “is used.”
• Associate it with everyday items: “The computer is used for work” can remind you that the device is being utilized.

Explanation
• 이용되다 is the passive form of 이용하다 (“to use”), meaning “to be used” or “to be utilized.”
• It is commonly applied to describe objects or spaces being employed for a specific function.

Synonyms
• 사용되다 (to be used)
• 활용되다 (to be utilized; often emphasizing effective use)

Conjugations
• Infinitive: 이용되다 (iyongdoeda)
• Present: 이용된다 (iyongdoenda) – “is used”
• Past: 이용되었다 (iyongdoeotda) – “was used”
• Future: 이용될 것이다 (iyongdoel geosida) – “will be used”
• Present Progressive: 이용되고 있다 (iyongdwego itda) – “is being used”

Example Sentences
1. 이 방은 회의실로 이용된다.
 Romanized: I bang-eun hoeuisil-ro iyongdoenda.
 (Translation: This room is used as a conference room.)

2. 그 공원은 지역 축제로 이용되었다.
 Romanized: Geu gongwon-eun jiyeok chukje-ro iyongdoeotda.
 (Translation: That park was used as a local festival site.)

3. 이 프로그램은 많은 데이터를 분석하는 데 이용된다.
 Romanized: I peurogeuraem-eun manh-eun deiteo-reul bunsughaneun de iyongdoenda.
 (Translation: This program is used to analyze a lot of data.)

4. 내년에는 새로운 방법이 도입되어 지금의 시스템을 대체할 것이며, 기존 시스템은 활용되거나 폐기될 것이다.
 Romanized: Naenyeon-eneun saeroun bangbeob-i doipdoeeo jigeum-ui sis-tem-eul daechaehal geosimyeo, gijeong sis-tem-eun hwaryongdoegeona pyegidwel geosida.
 (Translation: Next year, a new method will be introduced to replace the current system, and the old system will be utilized or discarded.)

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