utilization

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noun

US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilisation.

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useusageutilisationemploymentexercise
OriginFrench utilisation →
CommonScrabble 20
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Meanings

nounutilization (countable and uncountable, plural utilizations)

plural utilizations · alternative UK utilisation

  1. countableuncountableUS, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilisation.

    Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau.

    2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN

    Synonyms: use, usage

Synonyms & antonyms

nounUS, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilisation.

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useusage

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe act of using

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useusageutilisationemploymentexercise
Broader
activity
Also see
adhibitionemploymentexerciseusageuseutilisation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchutilisation
  2. Englishutilization

From French utilisation or from utilize + -ation.

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Cite this entry
APA

utilization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilization

MLA

“utilization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “utilization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utilization.

Source: utilization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.