utilize
Verb
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Put into service;
Make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (synset 201161188)"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"subtypes:- commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- play - employ in a game or in a specific position
- play - use or move
- pull out all the stops - use all resources available
- assign, put - attribute or give
- ply - use diligently
- address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately
- misapply, misuse - apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
- avail - use to one's advantage
- overdrive, overuse - make use of too often or too extensively
- cannibalise, cannibalize - use parts of something to repair something else
- recycle, reprocess, reuse - use again after processing
- exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of
- extend, strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- exercise, exert - put to use
- enjoy - have benefit from
- take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- share - use jointly or in common
- put to work, work - cause to work
- implement - apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
- fall back, recur, resort - have recourse to
- Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) (synset 200161680)
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