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TOPIK 6verb

준용하다

junyonghada [주뇽하다]

준용해요 · 준용했어요 · 준용할 거예요 · 준용하세요

to apply mutatis mutandis, to apply correspondingly (law or rule)

Example

이 규정을 계약직 직원에게도 준용합니다.

We apply this regulation correspondingly to contract employees as well.

Word parts

준 conform용 use

Literally 'use by analogy' — applying a rule to a similar case.

Good to know

A legal-document word: you'll see it as '제○조를 준용한다' in statutes.