Utilize vs. Use

Utilizeverb

alternative spelling of utilise

Utilizeverb

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.

Utilizeverb

put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Utilizeverb

convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

Utilizeverb

make practical and effective use of

Usenoun

The act of using.

Usenoun

Usefulness, benefit.

Usenoun

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

Usenoun

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

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Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

Usenoun

(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

Usenoun

(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

Usenoun

(religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.

Usenoun

(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Useverb

To utilize or employ.

Useverb

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

Useverb

To expend; to consume by employing.

Useverb

(transitive) To exploit.

Useverb

(transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.

Useverb

(intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

Useverb

To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.

Useverb

To accustom; to habituate. Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.

Useverb

To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.

Useverb

To habitually do; to be wont to do.

Useverb

To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.

Useverb

To habitually do. See used to.

Useverb

(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

Useverb

To behave, act, comport oneself.

Usenoun

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.

Usenoun

Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.

Usenoun

Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.

Usenoun

Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.

Usenoun

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

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The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

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The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.

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The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

Usenoun

A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Useverb

To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.

Useverb

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.

Useverb

To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.

Useverb

To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.

Useverb

To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."

Useverb

To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.

Usenoun

the act of using;

Usenoun

a particular service;

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what something is used for;

Usenoun

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

Usenoun

a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;

Usenoun

(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;

Usenoun

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;

Useverb

put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Useverb

take or consume (regularly or habitually);

Useverb

seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage;

Useverb

use up, consume fully;

Useverb

avail oneself to;

Useverb

habitually do something (use only in the past tense);

Useverb

take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ

Useverb

treat (someone) in a particular way

Useverb

exploit (a person or situation) for one's own advantage

Useverb

apply (a name or title) to oneself

Useverb

take (an illegal drug)

Useverb

take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply

Useverb

describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past

Useverb

be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience

Useverb

one would like or benefit from

Usenoun

the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose

Usenoun

the ability or power to exercise or manipulate one's mind or body

Usenoun

a purpose for or way in which something can be used

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the value or advantage of something

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the benefit or profit of lands, especially lands that are in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary.

Usenoun

the habitual consumption of a drug

Usenoun

the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.