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Antonyms for utiliseutilise

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  1. utiliseverb

    Synonyms:
    use, exploit, employ

  2. utiliseverb

    To make useful, to find a practical use for.

    Synonyms:
    employ, exploit, use

  3. utiliseverb

    To make use of; to use.

    Synonyms:
    use, employ, exploit

  4. utiliseverb

    To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.

    Synonyms:
    exploit, employ, use

  5. utiliseverb

    To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended

    Synonyms:
    exploit, employ, use

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

    put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

    "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use 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"

    Synonyms:
    lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, utilize, go for, apply, habituate

How to use utilise in a sentence?

  1. Angus Gluskie:

    Toll has had a less-than-stellar six or seven years, so Japan Post would be looking at how they can utilise Toll's assets to get better outcomes ... plus they might like the fact that it takes them into new geographies that they have a positive view on.

  2. Joerg Wuttke:

    You should actually make your assets sweat and utilise them to 100 percent, but that is not the case here, and the industrial landscape is becoming more and more inefficient, china released the mother of all credit avalanches, hence the double-digit growth and making decision makers more complacent - they thought they could outgrow the previous overcapacity problem.

  3. Prashant Agarwal:

    We often don't think about the consequences behind the actions we make, although the moment when you realise the actual reason and consequence behind your aggression; then you can certainly utilise that aggression in a productive and positive outcome. Therefore many a times realization results in making you utilise your aggression in the right direction.

  4. Angus Gluskie:

    Toll has had a less-than-stellar six or seven years, so Japan Post would be looking at how they can utilise Toll's assets to get better outcomes... plus they might like the fact that it takes them into new geographies that they have a positive view on.

  5. Steve White-Cooper:

    They recognise that sport and business works neatly together and there are lot of transferable skills like communication, leadership, and teamwork, players have got to utilise doors that can open, and use them as a stepping stone into life after rugby.

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