utilize
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/icons/point.icon USE, EMPLOY, UTILIZE mean to put into service especially to attain an end.
USE implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end.
e.g. willing to use any means to achieve her ends
EMPLOY suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged.
e.g. looking for better ways to employ their skills
UTILIZE may suggest the discovery of a new, profitable, or practical use for something.
e.g. an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter
verb with object
make practical and effective use of:
｟かたく｠ «…として/…のために» 〈物〉を利用する, 活用する «as/for» (→ use)
e.g. vitamin C helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet.
DERIVATIVES
utilizable |ˌyo͞od(ə)lˈīzəb(ə)l| adjective
utilizer noun
USAGE
Utilize, borrowed in the 19th century from the French utiliser, means ‘make practical or effective use of.’ Because it is a more formal word than use and is often used in contexts (as in business writing) where the ordinary verb use would be simpler and more direct, utilize may strike readers as pretentious jargon and should therefore be used sparingly.
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (see utile1).