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

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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