Utilize

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  • transitive verb. To put to use, especially to make profitable or effective use of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn to profitable account or use; make useful; make use of: as, to utilize a stream for driving machinery. Also spelled utilise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Alternative spelling of utilise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  • verb. convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
    • Word Usage
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    cross-reference
    use  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change  commute  convert  exchange  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    address  assign  avail  cannibalise  cannibalize  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    brutalize  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    apply  bestow  do with  employ  exercise  
    verb-form
    utilized  utilizes  utilizing  
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