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Webster 1913 Edition

Utilize

U′til-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Utilized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Utilizing
.]
[Cf. F.
utiliser
.]
To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of;
as, to
utilize
the whole power of a machine; to
utilize
one’s opportunities
.
In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been
utilized
as . . . dungeons.
Hawthorne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Utilize

U'TILIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To gain; to acquire. [Rare.]

Definition 2024

utilize

utilize

English

Alternative forms

  • utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

utilize ‎(third-person singular simple present utilizes, present participle utilizing, simple past and past participle utilized)

  1. (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise

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Portuguese

Verb

utilize

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of utilizar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of utilizar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of utilizar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of utilizar

Etymology

From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile ‎(“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī ‎(“use”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːtɨlaɪz/

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