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Thesaurus: utilize

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.

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  1. v. t. 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.
  2. v. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  3. v. convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
  4. 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.
  5. To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to makeuse of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one'sopportunities.In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves,might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.
  6. v:100 v. convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)