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Definition: Utilise |
UtiliseVerb1. Make use of; "implement a procedure". 2. Put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose: "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "utilise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1930. (references) |
Synonyms: UtiliseSynonyms: apply (v), employ (v), implement (v), use (v), utilize (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Utilise |
| Specialty definitions using "utilise": communities of communication ♦ digital European cordless telecommunications system ♦ Grace's Card ♦ maximum discharge, maximum operating flow, maximum throughput, maximum usable flow ♦ plant capacity flow, plant capacity flow of a hydro installation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Utilise" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (use, utilizes). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Utilise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.23% of the time. "Utilise" is used about 218 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75.23% | 164 | 24,408 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 23.39% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.92% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.46% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 218 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "utilise": under-utilise. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "utilise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 运" (Availed, Availing, utilisation, utilised, utilization, utilize, utilized, Utilizing). (various references) | |
Greek | αξιοποιώ (exploit, reclaim, turn to one's advantage). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kihasznál (lay hold of, parlay, take advantage of, to draw profit from, to exhaust, to exploit, to follow up, to milk, to play up, to trade on, to use up, to utilize, trade on, utilize), kiaknáz (parlay, to develop, to exploit, to utilize, utilize), hasznosít (exploit, to capitalize, to develop, to harness, to utilize, utilize), felhasznál (apply, expend, resort, to apply, to consume, to employ, to expend, to use, to use up, to utilize, trade in, use, use up, utilize), értékesít (market, sell, sold, to convert into money, to realize, to sell, utilize). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menggunakan (make use of, resort to, utilize). (various references) | |
Italian | utilizzare (avail, exploit, make use of, use, utilize). (various references) | |
Korean | 이용하십시" (utilize). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iliseutay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "utilise": utilised, utiliser, utilisers, utilises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: etuis, ileus, islet, istle, lieus, lutes, stile, suite, tiles, tules, utile. | |
-3 letters: etui, isle, leis, lest, lets, lies, lieu, list, lite, lits, litu, lues, lust, lute, silt, site, slit, slue, suet, suit, tels, ties, tile, tils, tuis, tule. | |
-4 letters: els, its, lei, let, leu, lie, lis, lit, sei, sel, set, sit, sue, tel. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: suitlike, utilised, utiliser, utilises, utilizes. | |
+2 letters: bisulfite, cliquiest, dualities, guiltiest, intitules, liturgies, multisite, multisize, nullities, qualities, quintiles, spirituel, subtilize, tilburies, utilisers, utilities, utilizers. | |
+3 letters: bisulfites, boilersuit, cellulitis, disquietly, equalities, eulogistic, felicitous, filibuster, fluidities, futilities, guiltiness, gulosities, humiliates, humilities, jesuitical, lentivirus, licentious, liquidates, lucidities, luteinizes, multiplies, multisided, nubilities, reutilizes, ritualizes, ruralities, sedulities, similitude, simulative, solicitude, stultified, stultifies, subtilized, subtilizes, subtilties, titularies, toluidines, trisulfide, ultimacies, uvulitises, vulvitises. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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