Utilize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put to use, especially to find a profitable or practical use for. See Synonyms at use.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Alternative spelling of utilise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn to profitable account or use; make useful; make use of: as, to utilize a stream for driving machinery. Also spelled utilise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  • v. convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
  • Verb Form
    utilized    utilizes    utilizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    commute    convert    exchange   
    Cross Reference
    use   
    Hyponym
    waste    assign    put    give    strain    pull out all the stops    cannibalise    exercise    overuse    dedicate   
    Form
    utilized    utilizing    utilization    utilizable    utilizer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    brutalize