Past tense of utilize
regular verb
The past tense of utilize is utilized. The past participle is also utilized.
Forms of utilize
| Base form (V1) | utilize /ˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | utilized |
| Past participle (V3) | utilized |
| Present participle | utilizing |
| Third person singular | utilizes |
Utilized in a sentence
- The scientists utilized advanced technology in their research.
- The program can be utilized for educational purposes.
- The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.From the entry preexist
- IBM utilized the dramatic structure known as emotional pivot in their ads about a company needing to cut costs and IBM products being the solution.From the entry emotional pivot
- Columns with varying polarities, varying internal diameters, and different lengths have been utilized in metabonomic studies.2021, Gas Chromatography, page 729. From the entry metabonomic
Meaning of utilize
- verb US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilise.
Questions about the past tense of utilize
- What is the past tense of utilize?
- The past tense of utilize is utilized.
- What is the past participle of utilize?
- The past participle of utilize is utilized.
- Is utilize a regular or irregular verb?
- Utilize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: utilize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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