utilize

[ yoot-l-ahyz ]

/ ˈyut lˌaɪz /

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verb (used with object), u·ti·lized, u·ti·liz·ing.

to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.

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Also especially British, u·ti·lise .

Origin of utilize

First recorded in 1800–10; from French utiliser, equivalent to utile “useful” (see utile) + -iser-ize

OTHER WORDS FROM utilize

u·ti·liz·a·ble, adjectiveu·ti·li·za·tion

[yoot-l-ahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌyut l aɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, nounu·ti·liz·er, nounhalf·-u·til·ized, adjective

non·u·til·ized, adjectiveo·ver·u·ti·lize, verb (used with object), o·ver·u·ti·lized, o·ver·u·ti·liz·ing.pre·u·ti·liz·a·ble, adjectivepre·u·ti·lize, verb (used with object), pre·u·ti·lized, pre·u·ti·liz·ing.qua·si-u·ti·lized, adjectivere·u·ti·lize, verb (used with object), re·u·ti·lized, re·u·ti·liz·ing.un·der·u·ti·lized, adjectiveun·u·ti·liz·a·ble, adjectiveun·u·ti·lized, adjectivewell-u·ti·lized, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH utilize

use, utilize

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How to use utilize in a sentence

Larger publishers may currently be utilizing AMP to deliver their content or they may have the resources to make regular updates to their user experience.
What to evaluate ahead of Google’s Page Experience update|George Nguyen|November 18, 2020|Search Engine Land
Now use SimilarWeb Pro to find the best affiliates to partner with, the most successful channels to utilize, and the highest trending keywords in real-time.
Holiday marketing: Get the data that puts you ahead of the competition|Sarah Mehlman|November 10, 2020|Search Engine Watch
However, with Facebook’s ad network being so vast, relatively inexpensive, and it produces excellent results if utilized correctly.
‘This is the norm not the exception’: Why media buyers need to prepare for issues with Facebook’s Ads Manager|Kristina Monllos|November 9, 2020|Digiday
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a search professional who doesn’t utilize volume figures as part of their research process.
The untapped value of qualitative keyword data|Jack Telford|November 2, 2020|Search Engine Watch

If you’re going to run an outreach campaign that utilizes content from your site, you must use informative content that offers value.
How to immediately profit from your next piece of content|Nico Prins|October 29, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Utilizing fear, or taking a reasoned approach to gradual, incremental change?
Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm Massacre|Marlow Stern|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But one of the reasons why the group has been so resilient, he said, was its skill in utilizing propaganda.
ISIS Has 9,000 ‘Core Fighters.’ Or Maybe 17,000. Or Possibly 30,000.|Tim Mak|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even food and beverage companies are utilizing 3D printing to help engineer new products.
Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are also utilizing local drivers and vehicles to support their movements.
U.S. Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training|Tim Mak|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The couple met in Italy at a meeting about utilizing satellites over Syria.
After the Wedding: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin in Venice|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An idea, principle or law of nature is not patentable, but only the means for utilizing the idea or principle.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
This defect was to be corrected in later models by utilizing data gathered in future experiments under varied conditions.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
Another invention also utilizing external power, made near the end of the eighteenth century, was the hydrostatic press.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske
There he spent his twenty-third year, utilizing his leisure to plan his "Henriade," and to finish his "Œdipe."
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
It is a reproach to science that no method of utilizing the meadow during that eight months has been discovered.
The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for utilize

utilize

utilise

/ (ˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make practical or worthwhile use of

Derived forms of utilize

utilizable or utilisable, adjectiveutilization or utilisation, nounutilizer or utiliser, noun

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utilize

Origin of utilize

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British Dictionary definitions for utilize

utilise

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