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utilized

SayYOO-tuh-lyzdUS/ˈju.tə.laɪzd/AUS/ˈjʉː.tə.lɑezd/UKYOO-ti-lyzd/ˈjuː.tɪ.laɪzd/

2 meanings of utilized

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  1. 1
    verbCanada
    Simple past and past participle of utilize.

    The architects utilized recycled materials throughout the new library.

    Volunteers utilized donated trucks to deliver supplies to flooded towns.

    Note

    One spelling does two jobs here. As a simple past it stands alone (the architects utilized recycled materials). As a participle it builds perfects with have and passives with be (the trucks were utilized). The -ize spelling serves US and Canadian English as well as the Oxford style of British English. Its -ise twin, utilised, behaves in exactly the same way.

  2. 2
    adjective
    Currently put to use rather than left idle or unused.

    Fully utilized factories ran around the clock to meet the holiday orders.

    Engineers reported that the heavily utilized bridge would need repairs soon.

    Similarused, employed, occupied, busy

    Oppositeidle, unused, underused

utilized is a form of utilize

utilize, verb: To make use of something or put it to use. Full entry

Forms
utilizeutilizes he/she/itutilizing -ing formutilized past tense, past participle
Spelling
utilize → utilized: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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