"utilisation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-utilisation.wav [US] Forms: utilisations [plural]
Etymology: From French utilisation or from utilise + -ation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|utilisation}} French utilisation, {{suffix|en|utilise|ation}} utilise + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} utilisation (countable and uncountable, plural utilisations)
  1. The act of using something. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Translations (act of using): употреба (upotreba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), използване (izpolzvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gebruik [neuter] (Dutch), utilisation (French), itilizasyon (Haitian Creole), használat (Hungarian), pemanfaatan (Indonesian), utilizzazione [feminine] (Italian), utilizzo [masculine] (Italian), ഉപയോഗം (upayōgaṁ) (Malayalam), sagamit (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-utilisation-en-noun-QQ5fms7n Disambiguation of 'act of using': 85 6 9
  2. The manner in which something is used. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-utilisation-en-noun-OWMwO01p
  3. The state of being used. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-utilisation-en-noun-DM8wqRUv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 13 11 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: use, utilization [North-American, Oxford] Translations (manner of using): начин на употреба (način na upotreba) (Bulgarian), gebruik [neuter] (Dutch), utilisation (French), használat (Hungarian), utilizzazione [feminine] (Italian), utilizzo [masculine] (Italian), utnyttjande (Swedish), användande (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'manner of using': 45 43 12

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