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# utilize

verb (utilize, utilizes, utilized, utilizing)

«utilize» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose. (British spelling: utilise) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utilize/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the lessons people put a useful thing to work, such as bees' honey and wax used for a purpose

### Examples

- Aristaeus was supposed to have taught mankind how to catch bees, and to utilize honey and wax. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utilize/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «utilize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utilize/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«utilize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/utilize.html) on Mova free.