utilize

1. causes: apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
   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
   same as: apply, employ, use, utilise
   verb group: apply, practice, use - avail oneself to
2. is a type of: change, commute, convert, exchange - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

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