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utilize

/ˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/US/ˈju.tə.laɪz/

utilize verb: US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilise.

Verb

utilize (third-person singular simple present utilizes, present participle utilizing, simple past and past participle utilized)

  1. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilise.
    • The scientists utilized advanced technology in their research.
    • We must utilize our resources more efficiently.

utilize meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Sanskrit

utilize in Tamil

பயன்படுத்து

utilize in Bengali

সদ্ব্যবহার করা, কাজে লাগান

utilize in Malayalam

പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുത്തുക

utilize in Sanskrit

to utilize, use
भुज् bhuj

Examples of utilize in a sentence

  • Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.
  • The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.
  • 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.

All 40 example sentences with utilize

Forms of utilize

third-person singular presentutilizes
present participleutilizing
past participleutilized
pastutilized
alternative formutilise

Past tense of utilize: utilized

Origin of utilize

From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”).

Words formed from utilize

Questions about utilize

What does utilize mean?
Utilize means US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilise.
What is utilize in Tamil?
Utilize in Tamil is பயன்படுத்து. See Utilize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is utilize?
Utilize is a verb.
How do you pronounce utilize?
Utilize is pronounced /ˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of utilize?
The past tense of utilize is utilized.

Words near utilize in the dictionary

  1. utilization reviews
  2. utilization time
  3. utilization times
  4. utilizational
  5. utilizations
  6. utilize
  7. utilized
  8. utilizer
  9. utilizers
  10. utilizes
  11. utilizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: utilize (page history and authors); utilize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); utilize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); utilize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भुज् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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