utilization

[ yoot-l-ahy-zey-shuhn ]

/ ˌyut l aɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

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noun

an act or instance of making practical or profitable use of something:I don't think this plan results in the best utilization of tax dollars.

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Also especially British, u·ti·li·sa·tion .

Origin of utilization

First recorded in 1840–45; utiliz(e) + -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM utilization

mis·u·ti·li·za·tion; especially British, mis·u·ti·li·sa·tion, nounnon·u·ti·li·za·tion; especially British, non·u·ti·li·sa·tion, nouno·ver·u·ti·li·za·tion; especially British, o·ver·u·ti·li·sa·tion, nounpre·u·ti·li·za·tion; especially British, pre·u·ti·li·sa·tion, noun

re·u·ti·li·za·tion; especially British, re·u·ti·li·sa·tion, noun

Words nearby utilization

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How to use utilization in a sentence

ISBE determined that there was no medical or therapeutic need for the district to use the lap belts and that they were “utilized as a behavioral restraint to promote attention to task.”
National Ban on School Use of Seclusion and Restraint of Students Introduced in Congress|by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune|November 19, 2020|ProPublica
What Bluepoint and Sony did, however, was introduce a number of accessibility features to allow more people to play the game while also utilizing the PlayStation 5′s new user interface to offer help for the game’s grind.
‘Demon’s Souls’ devs considered, and ultimately left out, an easy mode. Here’s why.|Elise Favis|November 18, 2020|Washington Post
That can still be true, but only if advertisers and agencies utilize a unified linear and digital data set to activate across the video ecosystem.
OTT, CTV, linear TV and digital video: How video can be managed in one place|Samsung Ads|November 18, 2020|Digiday
As a practical matter, the program will likely be utilized by very small businesses with relatively few employees.
Google’s new Small Business Advisors program aims to help SMBs grow|Greg Sterling|November 17, 2020|Search Engine Land

The company also utilizes shared calendars and various report views for specific teams.
How a well-oiled marketing operations machine drives business forward|Sponsored Content: Workfront|November 12, 2020|Search Engine Land
In the first quarter, that led to lower spending—either through lower utilization, or lower prices, or some combination thereof.
How Obamacare Helped Crash the Economy|Daniel Gross|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Carbon utilization can offset or even exceed, the additional cost of carbon scrubbing.
Yes, There’s a ‘War on Coal.’ Here’s How to End It.|Jonathan Miller|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We found a statistically significant increase in utilization (both extensive and total) only for heart disease.
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier|Megan McArdle|May 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Utilization went up, out-of-pocket expenditure went down, and the freqency of depression diagnoses was lower.
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier|Megan McArdle|May 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Some unions are worried that Obamacare is taking away some of the tools they use to control utilization and costs.
Is Labor Turning Against Obamacare?|Megan McArdle|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To Willis, however, must be attributed greater advance in the utilization of heavy pressures for reed work.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Few, however, can now be found who do not advocate utilization of the principle to a greater or less degree in every organ.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
It is the utilization of this time, how best to employ it, that concerns us here.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4)|W. Grant Hague
It represents the greatest possible utilization of the power of heat in an internal-combustion engine.
Aviation Engines|Victor Wilfred Pag
This stage having been attained, the totemic age advances to a utilization of the soil in a way that is unknown to primitive man.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt