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Utilize Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    utilize v
  1. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of 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" [syn: use, utilise, apply, employ]
  2. convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
Utilize Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Utilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing.] [Cf. F. utiliser.] 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.
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    * Engineering is the science of economy, of conserving the energy, kinetic and potential, provided and stored up by nature for the use of man. It is the business of engineering to utilize this energy to the best advantage, so that there may be the least possible waste. - William A. Smith


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    • 83% of The NASDAQ-100 Utilize NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions Products - Yahoo Finance
      NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions announced today that in the first quarter of 2012, 363 new clients were driving their IR, PR and governance efforts with NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions' leading suite of ... Read more on this news related to 'Utilize'
    • Brinell Scopes utilize light emitting diodes. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room
      March 13, 2002 - HiLight Series Scopes have built-in LEDs, which are fixed to shine downward at higher angle than standard scopes, providing even and consistent definition of impression's edge. Scopes offer 20X magnification and are completely enclosed so ... Read more on this news related to 'Utilize'
    • Automated Rotary Tables utilize direct drive motor. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room
      March 28, 2011 - Designed for automated box or tote filling systems at end of plastic injection molding machines, automated rotary turntables have direct drive motor with torque monitor, eliminating tensioning and maintenance. Available in 36, 48, and 60 in. Read more on this news related to 'Utilize'

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