Library / English Dictionary

UTILIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "utilize" is one way to...):

change; commute; convert; exchange (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

Example:

He doesn't know how to use a computer

Synonyms:

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Cause:

apply; go for; hold (be pertinent or relevant or applicable)

Verb group:

apply; practice; use (avail oneself to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "utilize"):

fall back; recur; resort (have recourse to)

implement (apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design)

put to work; work (cause to work)

share (use jointly or in common)

take (travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route)

enjoy (have benefit from)

exercise; exert (put to use)

extend; strain (use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity)

exploit; tap (draw from; make good use of)

exploit; work (use or manipulate to one's advantage)

recycle; reprocess; reuse (use again after processing)

cannibalise; cannibalize (use parts of something to repair something else)

overdrive; overuse (make use of too often or too extensively)

avail (use to one's advantage)

misapply; misuse (apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly)

waste (use inefficiently or inappropriately)

address (address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question)

ply (use diligently)

assign; put (attribute or give)

pull out all the stops (use all resources available)

play (use or move)

play (employ in a game or in a specific position)

commit; consecrate; dedicate; devote; give (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

They utilize the animals

Derivation:

utility (the quality of being of practical use)

utilizable (capable of being put to a profitable or practical use)

utilization (the act of using)

utilizer (someone who puts to good use)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to subject medical history.

(Medical History Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The protein is localized to the surface of cells and is utilized as a prognostic marker in persons with cancers that involve white blood cells.

(Beta-2-Microglobulin Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to body weight.

(Body Weight Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Engineers at Lehigh University are the first to utilize a single enzyme biomineralization process to create a catalyst that uses the energy of captured sunlight to split water molecules to produce hydrogen.

(Promising new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production, National Science Foundation)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to bone mineral density data.

(Bone Measurements Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A microscopy staining method, that does not utilize heat in the slide preparation, used to examine a specimen for the presence of acid-fast microorganisms, specifically nocardia.

(Modified Acid Fast Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to morphology findings.

(Morphology Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

These fibers are often utilized in the construction of biomedical devices.

(Nanofiber, NCI Thesaurus)

In that instance, he had been holding a rifle in his hands to show the invention could be utilized for military purposes.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to nervous system findings.

(Nervous System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus)