English > utilise: 1 sense > verb 1, consumptionMeaning | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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Model | They utilise the animals |
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Synonyms | use, utilize, apply, employ |
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Cause to | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
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Narrower | address | address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question |
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avail | Use to one's advantage |
cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
enjoy | Have benefit from |
exert, exercise | put to use |
exploit, work | Use or manipulate to one's advantage |
exploit, tap | Draw from |
fall back, resort, recur | Have recourse to |
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote | Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
implement | apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design |
misapply, misuse | apply to a wrong thing or person |
overuse, overdrive | make use of too often or too extensively |
play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position |
play | Use or move |
ply | Use diligently |
pull out all the stops | Use all resources available |
put, assign | Attribute or give |
recycle, reprocess, reuse | Use again after processing |
share | Use jointly or in common |
strain, extend | Use to the utmost |
take | travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route |
waste | Use inefficiently or inappropriately |
work, put to work | Cause to work |
Similar to | practice, apply, use | avail oneself to |
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Spanish | aplicar, aprovechar, emplear, esgrimir, usar, utilizar |
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Catalan | aplicar, emprar, esgrimir, fer servir, usar, utilitzar |
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Nouns | utilisation | the act of using |
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utility | the quality of being of practical use |