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utilise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. utiliseverb

    To make useful, to find a practical use for.

  2. utiliseverb

    To make use of; to use.

  3. utiliseverb

    To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.

  4. utiliseverb

    To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended

Wikipedia

  1. Utilise

    Utilization is the primary method by which tool rental companies measure asset performance. In its most basic form it measures the actual revenue earned by assets against the potential revenue they could have earned.

ChatGPT

  1. utilise

    Utilise means to make use of something effectively. It refers to employing any resource such as time, material, or labor efficiently to achieve a particular purpose or outcome.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Utilise

    ū′ti-līz, v.t. to make useful: to put to profitable use.—adj. U′tilīsable.—ns. Utilisā′tion; U′tiliser; Util′ity, usefulness: profit: a useful thing; Util′ity-man, an actor of one of the least important parts in a play. [Fr. utiliser—L. uti.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of utilise in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of utilise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of utilise in a Sentence

  1. Prashant Agarwal:

    We often don't think about the consequences behind the actions we make, although the moment when you realise the actual reason and consequence behind your aggression; then you can certainly utilise that aggression in a productive and positive outcome. Therefore many a times realization results in making you utilise your aggression in the right direction.

  2. Angus Gluskie:

    Toll has had a less-than-stellar six or seven years, so Japan Post would be looking at how they can utilise Toll's assets to get better outcomes... plus they might like the fact that it takes them into new geographies that they have a positive view on.

  3. Joerg Wuttke:

    You should actually make your assets sweat and utilise them to 100 percent, but that is not the case here, and the industrial landscape is becoming more and more inefficient, china released the mother of all credit avalanches, hence the double-digit growth and making decision makers more complacent - they thought they could outgrow the previous overcapacity problem.

  4. Angus Gluskie:

    Toll has had a less-than-stellar six or seven years, so Japan Post would be looking at how they can utilise Toll's assets to get better outcomes ... plus they might like the fact that it takes them into new geographies that they have a positive view on.

  5. Steve White-Cooper:

    They recognise that sport and business works neatly together and there are lot of transferable skills like communication, leadership, and teamwork, players have got to utilise doors that can open, and use them as a stepping stone into life after rugby.

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