utilise

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• /ˈjuːtɪlaɪz/
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From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”). Attested c. 1810.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: оползотворявам (opolzotvorjavam) — to make useful, to find a practical use for
• Finnish: hyödyntää — to make useful, to find a practical use for
• French: se servir de — to make useful, to find a practical use for
• Latin: ūtilizō — to make useful, to find a practical use for
• Spanish: utilizar — to make useful, to find a practical use for
• Arabic: اِسْتَعْمَلَ (istaʕmala) — to make use of; to use
• Azerbaijani: işlətmək — to make use of; to use
• Azerbaijani: istifadə etmək — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: выкарысто́ўваць (vykarystówvacʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: вы́карыстаць (výkarystacʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: скарысто́ўваць (skarystówvacʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: скарыста́ць (skarystácʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: ужыва́ць (užyvácʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: ўжыва́ць (wžyvácʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: ужы́ць (užýcʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Belarusian: ўжыць (wžycʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Bulgarian: използвам (izpolzvam) — to make use of; to use
• Bulgarian: употребявам (upotrebjavam) — to make use of; to use
• Dutch: gebruiken — to make use of; to use
• Dutch: toepassen — to make use of; to use
• Dutch: zich bedienen van — to make use of; to use
• Faroese: nýta — to make use of; to use
• Faroese: brúka — to make use of; to use
• Faroese: fáa nýtslu úr — to make use of; to use
• Finnish: käyttää — to make use of; to use
• Finnish: hyödyntää — to make use of; to use
• French: utiliser — to make use of; to use
• French: faire usage — to make use of; to use
• German: nutzen — to make use of; to use
• German: einsetzen — to make use of; to use
• German: verwenden — to make use of; to use
• Indonesian: memanfaatkan — to make use of; to use
• Latin: utor — to make use of; to use
• Latin: ūtilizō — to make use of; to use
• Māori: whakapau — to make use of; to use
• Māori: whakamahi — to make use of; to use
• Māori: whakapeto — to make use of; to use
• Old English: nēotan — to make use of; to use
• Portuguese: utilizar — to make use of; to use
• Russian: испо́льзовать (ispólʹzovatʹ) — to make use of; to use
• Sanskrit: भुनक्ति (bhunakti) — to make use of; to use
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan feum de — to make use of; to use
• Spanish: utilizar — to make use of; to use
• Tocharian B: yaukk- — to make use of; to use
• Turkish: yararlanmak — to make use of; to use
• Turkish: faydalanmak — to make use of; to use
• Turkish: istifade etmek — to make use of; to use
• Ukrainian: використо́вувати (vykorystóvuvaty) — to make use of; to use
• Vietnamese: tận dụng — to make use of; to use
• Bulgarian: оползотворявам (opolzotvorjavam) — to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability
• Finnish: hyödyntää — to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability
• French: exploiter — to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability
• Greek: αξιοποιώ (axiopoió) — to make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability
• Bulgarian: служа си с (služa si s) — to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
• Finnish: käyttää — to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
• French: détourner — to make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended