utilize

• utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)

From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːtɨlaɪz/

utilize (third-person singular simple present utilizes, present participle utilizing, simple past and past participle utilized)

1. (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise

• See usage notes at utilise.

• utilization
• utilizable
• utilizer

• Sir Ernest Gowers: The Complete Plain Words. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1965.
• Eric Partridge: Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. England, Penguin Books, 1973.
• John E. Kahn (ed): The Right Word at the Right Time. London, Readers Digest, 1985.
• Pam Peters: The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

utilize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of utilizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of utilizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of utilizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of utilizar