utilize
English
Alternative forms
- utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈju.tə.laɪz/, [ˈju.ɾə.laɪz]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈjʉː.tə.lɑɪz/, [ˈjʉː.ɾə.lɑɪz]
Verb
utilize (third-person singular simple present utilizes, present participle utilizing, simple past and past participle utilized)
- (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise.
Derived terms
Translations
utilise — see utilise
Further reading
- Sir Ernest Gowers: The Complete Plain Words. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1965.
- Eric Partridge: Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. England, Penguin Books, 1973.
- John E. Kahn (ed): The Right Word at the Right Time. London, Readers Digest, 1985.
- Pam Peters: The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Galician
Verb
utilize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of utilizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.t͡ʃiˈli.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.t͡ʃiˈli.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.tiˈli.zɨ/
- Hyphenation: u‧ti‧li‧ze
Verb
utilize
- inflection of utilizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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