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   utilisation
         n 1: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
               drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn:
               {use}, {usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {employment},
               {exercise}]

English Dictionary: utilization by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilise
v
  1. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
    Synonym(s): use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilised
adj
  1. put to use
    Synonym(s): utilized, utilised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utiliser
n
  1. someone who puts to good use; "not all organisms are utilizers of oxygen"; "the social agencies and their utilizers both objected to the budget cut"
    Synonym(s): utilizer, utiliser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilizable
adj
  1. capable of being put to a profitable or practical use
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilization
n
  1. the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
    Synonym(s): use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
  2. the state of having been made use of; "the rate of utilization"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilize
v
  1. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
    Synonym(s): use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
  2. convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilized
adj
  1. put to use
    Synonym(s): utilized, utilised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utilizer
n
  1. someone who puts to good use; "not all organisms are utilizers of oxygen"; "the social agencies and their utilizers both objected to the budget cut"
    Synonym(s): utilizer, utiliser
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Utilizable \U"til*i`za*ble\, a.
      Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the
      gas works.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Utilization \U`til*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. utilization.]
      The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Utilized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Utilizing}.] [Cf. F. utiliser.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Utilized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Utilizing}.] [Cf. F. utiliser.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Utilized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Utilizing}.] [Cf. F. utiliser.]
      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.
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