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UTILISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they utilise ... he / she / it utilises
Past simple: utilised
-ing form: utilising
Sense 1
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:
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 "utilise"):
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 utilise the animals
Derivation:
utilisation (the act of using)
utility (the quality of being of practical use)