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utilize
u·til·ize U0161500 (yo͞ot′l-īz′)tr.v. u·til·ized, u·til·iz·ing, u·til·iz·es To put to use, especially to make profitable or effective use of: an approach to the problem that utilizes the latest research; how plants utilize nutrients to produce seeds.
[French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile, useful, from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī, to use.]
u′til·iz′a·ble adj.u′til·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.u′til·iz′er n.utilize (ˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz) or utilisevb (tr) to make practical or worthwhile use of ˈutiˌlizable, ˈutiˌlisable adj ˌutiliˈzation, ˌutiliˈsation n ˈutiˌlizer, ˈutiˌliser nu•ti•lize (ˈyut lˌaɪz)
v.t. -lized, -liz•ing. to put to use; turn to profitable or practical account. [1800–10; < French utiliser, derivative of utile useful] u`ti•li•za′tion, n. u′ti•liz`er, n. syn: See use. utilize
Past participle: utilized
Gerund: utilizing
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| I utilize | | you utilize | | he/she/it utilizes | | we utilize | | you utilize | | they utilize |
| Preterite |
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| I utilized | | you utilized | | he/she/it utilized | | we utilized | | you utilized | | they utilized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am utilizing | | you are utilizing | | he/she/it is utilizing | | we are utilizing | | you are utilizing | | they are utilizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have utilized | | you have utilized | | he/she/it has utilized | | we have utilized | | you have utilized | | they have utilized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was utilizing | | you were utilizing | | he/she/it was utilizing | | we were utilizing | | you were utilizing | | they were utilizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had utilized | | you had utilized | | he/she/it had utilized | | we had utilized | | you had utilized | | they had utilized |
| Future |
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| I will utilize | | you will utilize | | he/she/it will utilize | | we will utilize | | you will utilize | | they will utilize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have utilized | | you will have utilized | | he/she/it will have utilized | | we will have utilized | | you will have utilized | | they will have utilized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be utilizing | | you will be utilizing | | he/she/it will be utilizing | | we will be utilizing | | you will be utilizing | | they will be utilizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been utilizing | | you have been utilizing | | he/she/it has been utilizing | | we have been utilizing | | you have been utilizing | | they have been utilizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been utilizing | | you will have been utilizing | | he/she/it will have been utilizing | | we will have been utilizing | | you will have been utilizing | | they will have been utilizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been utilizing | | you had been utilizing | | he/she/it had been utilizing | | we had been utilizing | | you had been utilizing | | they had been utilizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would utilize | | you would utilize | | he/she/it would utilize | | we would utilize | | you would utilize | | they would utilize |
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| I would have utilized | | you would have utilized | | he/she/it would have utilized | | we would have utilized | | you would have utilized | | they would have utilized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"apply, employ, use, utilisededicate, devote, commit, consecrate, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"play - employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base"play - use or move; "I had to play my queen"pull out all the stops - use all resources available; "The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting"put, assign - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"ply - use diligently; "ply your wits!"address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a questionwaste - use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"misapply, misuse - apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"avail - use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"overuse, overdrive - make use of too often or too extensivelycannibalise, cannibalize - use parts of something to repair something elsereprocess, reuse, recycle - use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"strain, extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"exercise, exert - put to use; "exert one's power or influence"enjoy - have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"share - use jointly or in commonput to work, work - cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"implement - apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure"practice, use, apply - avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"resort, recur, fall back - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" | | 2. | utilize - convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)exchange, convert, commute, change - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
utilizeverb use, employ, deploy, take advantage of, resort to, make the most of, make use of, put to use, bring into play, have recourse to, avail yourself of, turn to account Sound engineers utilize a range of techniques.utilizeverbTo put into action or use:actuate, apply, employ, exercise, exploit, implement, practice, use.Idioms: avail oneself of, bring into play, bring to bear, make use of, put into practice, put to use.Translationsbruke tilnyttekullanmakyararlanmakutilize, utilise (ˈjuːtilaiz) verb to find a useful purpose for (something). The extra money is being utilized to buy books for the school library. 利用 利用ˌutiliˈzation, ˌutiliˈsation noun 利用 利用IdiomsSeeutilize forMedicalSeeutilizationutilize
Synonyms for utilizeverb useSynonyms- use
- employ
- deploy
- take advantage of
- resort to
- make the most of
- make use of
- put to use
- bring into play
- have recourse to
- avail yourself of
- turn to account
Synonyms for utilizeverb to put into action or useSynonyms- actuate
- apply
- employ
- exercise
- exploit
- implement
- practice
- use
Synonyms for utilizeverb put into serviceSynonymsRelated Words- dedicate
- devote
- commit
- consecrate
- give
- play
- pull out all the stops
- put
- assign
- ply
- address
- waste
- misapply
- misuse
- avail
- overuse
- overdrive
- cannibalise
- cannibalize
- reprocess
- reuse
- recycle
- exploit
- work
- tap
- strain
- extend
- exercise
- exert
- enjoy
- take
- share
- put to work
- implement
- practice
- use
- apply
- resort
- recur
- fall back
verb convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)Related Words- exchange
- convert
- commute
- change
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