Utilize
['jutəlaɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
Typed by Arthur
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Put to use, make use of, make useful, turn to account, take advantage of.
Typed by Jewel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Localize, economize, husband
ANT:Dissipate, waste, squander, sacrifice, lose
Editor: Spence
Examples
- In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Cities situated in plains and remote from mountains are obliged to utilize the water of such streams as flow through the land, forcing it to the necessary height by means of pumps. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is often desirable to utilize the electric current for the production of heat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We can utilize the morrow in recovering the chest, Professor, suggested Mr. Philander. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The other point is that it is a part of wisdom to utilize the products of past history so far as they are of help for the future. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Most of the former are manifestly unscrupulous adventurers who try to utilize the public necessity and unhappiness for their own advancement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This fact he utilized by the means which he has described, a lamp having a filamentary carbon burner in a nearly perfect vacuum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The heat generated for ironing, for instance, is all utilized. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The free nitrogen of the air cannot be utilized directly by plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The gyroscope has been utilized to give steadiness to vessels in rough seas, and Sperry has made considerable progress in this country in applying it to give stability to an aeroplane. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The soluble nitrogenous soil compounds are absorbed by roots and are utilized by plants for food. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Every part of the animal is utilized. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Motive power is not utilized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In colonial times, every family made its own supply of soap, utilizing, for that purpose, household scraps often regarded by the housekeeper of to-day as worthless. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Three devices for utilizing vibrations beyond the ultra violet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In later years apparatus for utilizing the roll film has been greatly improved and extensively applied by Eastman, Walker & Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some thrifty housewives economize by utilizing the cooling effects of evaporation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Besides utilizing X-ray in the diagnosis of disease, the rays themselves are employed in treatment of cancer and skin diseases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The second method utilizes great steam hammers weighing 125 tons, and striking Titanic blows upon the yielding metal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It utilizes about 30,000 electrical horse-power twenty-four hours a day, and three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This industry, therefore, not only utilizes the greatest heat obtainable on a practical scale, but it also utilizes the greatest cold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: William