"utilise" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈjuːtɪlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-utilise.wav [Southern-England] Forms: utilises [present, singular, third-person], utilising [participle, present], utilised [participle, past], utilised [past]
Etymology: From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”). Attested c. 1810. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|utiliser}} French utiliser, {{der|en|it|utilizzare}} Italian utilizzare, {{m|it|utile||useful}} utile (“useful”), {{der|en|la|ūtilis}} Latin ūtilis, {{m|la|ūtī||use}} ūtī (“use”), {{circa2|1810|short=yes}} c. 1810 Head templates: {{en-verb}} utilise (third-person singular simple present utilises, present participle utilising, simple past and past participle utilised)
  1. To make use of; to use. Tags: UK Translations (to make use of; to use): اِسْتَعْمَلَ (istaʕmala) (Arabic), işlətmək (Azerbaijani), istifadə etmək (Azerbaijani), выкарысто́ўваць (vykarystóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вы́карыстаць (výkarystacʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), скарысто́ўваць (skarystóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), скарыста́ць (skarystácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ужыва́ць (užyvácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), ўжыва́ць (ŭžyvácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), ужы́ць (užýcʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ўжыць (ŭžycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), използвам (izpolzvam) (Bulgarian), употребявам (upotrebjavam) (Bulgarian), gebruiken (Dutch), toepassen (Dutch), zich bedienen van [reflexive] (Dutch), nýta (Faroese), brúka (Faroese), fáa nýtslu úr (Faroese), käyttää (Finnish), hyödyntää (Finnish), utiliser (French), nutzen (German), einsetzen (German), verwenden (German), memanfaatkan (Indonesian), utor (Latin), whakapau (Maori), whakamahi (Maori), whakapeto (Maori), nēotan (Old English), utilizar (Portuguese), испо́льзовать (ispólʹzovatʹ) (Russian), भुनक्ति (bhunakti) (Sanskrit), dèan feum de (Scottish Gaelic), yaukk- (Tocharian B), yararlanmak (Turkish), faydalanmak (Turkish), istifade etmek (Turkish), використо́вувати (vykorystóvuvaty) (Ukrainian), tận dụng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-utilise-en-verb-cOo2hZoa Disambiguation of 'to make use of; to use': 67 9 13 11
  2. To make useful; to find a practical use for. Tags: UK Translations (to make useful, to find a practical use for): оползотворявам (opolzotvorjavam) (Bulgarian), hyödyntää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-utilise-en-verb-mmkZrEH- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 63 17 12 Disambiguation of 'to make useful, to find a practical use for': 13 71 8 8
  3. To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability. Tags: UK Translations (to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability): оползотворявам (opolzotvorjavam) (Bulgarian), hyödyntää (Finnish), αξιοποιώ (axiopoió) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-utilise-en-verb-quH8ue0C Disambiguation of 'to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability': 13 6 75 7
  4. To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended Tags: UK Translations (to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended): служа си с (služa si s) (Bulgarian), käyttää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-utilise-en-verb-awBOpPU~ Disambiguation of 'to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended': 11 5 7 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: employ, exploit, use, utilize (english: American) [Canadian, Oxford, UK] Derived forms: utilisation, utilisable, utiliser

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} utilise
  1. inflection of utiliser:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-utilise-fr-verb-XFlFgySq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. inflection of utiliser:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-utilise-fr-verb-L~iGYc9A

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ",
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          "roman": "vykorystóvuvaty",
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          "word": "використо́вувати"
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    }
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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          "ref": "1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125",
          "text": "The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools.",
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        }
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        "To make use of; to use."
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          "use",
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        {
          "ref": "1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715",
          "text": "Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).",
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        [
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          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended"
      ],
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        [
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          "make do"
        ],
        [
          "intended",
          "intended"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈjuːtɪlaɪz/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "employ"
    },
    {
      "word": "exploit"
    },
    {
      "word": "use"
    },
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      "english": "American",
      "tags": [
        "Canadian",
        "Oxford",
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "utilize"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opolzotvorjavam",
      "sense": "to make useful, to find a practical use for",
      "word": "оползотворявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make useful, to find a practical use for",
      "word": "hyödyntää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istaʕmala",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "اِسْتَعْمَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "işlətmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "istifadə etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vykarystóŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выкарысто́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "výkarystacʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́карыстаць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skarystóŭvacʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скарысто́ўваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skarystácʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скарыста́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "užyvácʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ужыва́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ŭžyvácʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ўжыва́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "užýcʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ужы́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ŭžycʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ўжыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpolzvam",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "използвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upotrebjavam",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "употребявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "gebruiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "toepassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "zich bedienen van"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "nýta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "brúka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "fáa nýtslu úr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "käyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "hyödyntää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "utiliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "nutzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "einsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "verwenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "memanfaatkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "utor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "whakapau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "whakamahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "whakapeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "nēotan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "utilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "испо́льзовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bhunakti",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "भुनक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "dèan feum de"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "yaukk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "yararlanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "faydalanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "istifade etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykorystóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "використо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make use of; to use",
      "word": "tận dụng"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opolzotvorjavam",
      "sense": "to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability",
      "word": "оползотворявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability",
      "word": "hyödyntää"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "axiopoió",
      "sense": "to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability",
      "word": "αξιοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "služa si s",
      "sense": "to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended",
      "word": "служа си с"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended",
      "word": "käyttää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "utilise"
}

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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French verb forms"
  ],
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "utilise",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of utiliser:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utiliser",
          "utiliser#French"
        ]
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        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of utiliser:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utiliser",
          "utiliser#French"
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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  "word": "utilise"
}

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