utilize
/ˈjuːtɪlʌɪz
/(also utilise)
verb [with object]
Make practical and effective use of: vitamin C helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet...
- How can mass media be effectively utilized to propagate and promote a culture of peace?
- Greenpeace argues that alternative energy sources such as wind power should be utilised more effectively.
- Until that vision becomes a reality the club must squeeze out as much as they can from utilising the present facilities.
Synonyms
make use of, put to use, use, employ, avail oneself of, have recourse to, resort to, look to, bring into service, press into service, take advantage of, exploit, milk, tap, turn to account, bring into play, bring into effective action, deploy
Derivatives
utilizable
- The BBC's unequalled wealth of audio resources present directly and easily utilisable products for mobile operators.
- Minister Smith said the area of land under organic production in Ireland is about 30,000 hectares, just under 1% of the total utilisable agricultural area.
- With exercise, stores of carbohydrates in muscles and the liver are used rapidly, and carbohydrates are necessary to maintain level of these body stores of readily utilizable fuel.
utilizer
- Mental health treatment could potentially benefit patients (by reducing their need for medical services) and managed care companies by reducing the costs of care for those who are high utilizers.
- Researchers have found that high utilizers who receive mental health services subsequently average fewer medical visits than do comparison groups that receive no mental health treatment.
- Those who had individual therapy began as the most frequent utilizers of health care in time one and remained the highest.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (see utile1).