UTILIZED

utilized, utilised, employed

(adjective) put to use

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

utilized

Being used.

Verb

utilized

simple past tense and past participle of utilize

Source: Wiktionary


UTILIZE

U"til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Utilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. utiliser.]

Definition: To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities. In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 December 2024

BARE

(adjective) having everything extraneous removed including contents; “the bare walls”; “the cupboard was bare”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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