Stosuje

Stosuje is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb stosować, meaning to apply, to use, or to employ. The base infinitive is stosować, which is imperfective and describes ongoing or habitual actions. In everyday usage, stosuje appears in contexts where someone applies rules, methods, or techniques, or uses substances or tools.

Morphology and usage

- Present tense forms of stosować include: ja stosuję, ty stosujesz, on/ona/ono stosuje, my stosujemy, wy stosujecie, oni stosują. Stosuje specifically marks the third-person singular present.

- The perfective counterpart is zastosować, used when the action is completed or successfully implemented. Future forms include zastosuję, zastosujesz, zastosuje, zastosujemy, zastosujecie, zastosują.

- Common collocations with stosować include: stosować zasady, stosować metody, stosować procedury, stosować leki, stosować techniki. The reflexive construction stosować się do is widely used and means to comply with or adhere to something (e.g., instrukcji, zaleceń).

Examples

- On stosuje zasady fair play w sporcie.

- Firma stosuje nową metodę kontroli jakości.

- W praktyce stosuje się standardy bezpieczeństwa, aby ograniczyć ryzyko.

- Lekarz stosuje nowy protokół leczenia.

Notes

- Stosuje is primarily a present-tense, third-person form and is common in professional, academic, and general language.

- The verb stosować and its forms are versatile, covering application of rules, procedures, methods, or substances, as well as the broader sense of using something in practice.