Meanings
plural utilisations · alternative utilization
- UKcountableuncountableThe act of using something.
The merchandise trains of the future will be able to pace the average day and night express without significant loss of track utilisation, but where quadruple track does not exist it may be necessary to seek alternative routes for the slower-moving coal and heavy mineral traffic.
1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67 - UKcountableuncountableThe manner in which something is used.
- UKcountableuncountableThe state of being used.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchutilisation
- Englishutilisation
From French utilisation or from utilise + -ation.
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Arabic اِسْتِخْدَام, اِسْتِفَادَة
- اِسْتِخْدَام (istiḵdām)act of using
- اِسْتِفَادَة (istifāda)act of using
Bulgarian употре́ба, изпо́лзване
- употре́ба (upotréba)act of using
- изпо́лзване (izpólzvane)act of using
- употре́ба (upotréba)manner of using
- изпо́лзване (izpólzvane)manner of using
Chinese Mandarin 使用, 利用
- 使用 (shǐyòng)act of using
- 利用 (lìyòng)act of using
Dutch gebruik, gebruik
- gebruikact of using
- gebruikmanner of using
Finnish käyttö, käyttötapa
- käyttöact of using
- käyttötapamanner of using
French utilisation, utilisation
- utilisationact of using
- utilisationmanner of using
German Verwendung, Anwendung
- Verwendungact of using
- Anwendungact of using
- Benutzungact of using
- Nutzungact of using
- Gebrauchact of using
Hindi उपयोग
- उपयोग (upyog)act of using
Hungarian használat, használat
- használatact of using
- használatmanner of using
Indonesian pemanfaatan
- pemanfaatanact of using
Italian utilizzazione, utilizzo
- utilizzazioneact of using
- utilizzoact of using
- utilizzazionemanner of using
- utilizzomanner of using
Japanese 利用, 使用
- 利用 (riyō)act of using
- 使用 (shiyō)act of using
- 使い (tsukai)act of using
- 使い方 (tsukaikata)manner of using
Korean 이용, 리용
- 이용 (iyong)act of using
- 리용 (riyong)act of using
- 사용 (sayong)act of using
- 쓰기 (sseugi)act of using
- 씀 (sseum)act of using
Polish wykorzystanie, wykorzystywanie
- wykorzystanieact of using
- wykorzystywanieact of using
Russian испо́льзование, примене́ние
- испо́льзование (ispólʹzovanije)act of using
- примене́ние (primenénije)act of using
- употребле́ние (upotreblénije)act of using
- испо́льзование (ispólʹzovanije)manner of using
- примене́ние (primenénije)manner of using
- употребле́ние (upotreblénije)manner of using
Spanish utilización
- utilizaciónact of using
Swedish utnyttjande, användande
- utnyttjandemanner of using
- användandemanner of using
Tagalog sagamit
- sagamitact of using
Ukrainian використа́ння
- використа́ння (vykorystánnja)act of using
Cite this entry
utilisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilisation
“utilisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “utilisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilisation.
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