{
    "term": "utilize",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "utilize",
            "heSheIt": "utilizes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "utilized",
        "pastParticiple": "utilized",
        "ingForm": "utilizing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to use something, especially for a practical purpose",
            "sensetop": "utilize something (as something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Romans were the first to utilize concrete as a building material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The resources at our disposal could have been better utilized."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Vitamin C helps the body utilize the iron present in your body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Concrete had long been utilized as a bonding and covering material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new computer system is not being fully utilized yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an oil commonly utilized in aromatherapy"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "make use of",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["commonly", "extensively", "widely"],
                "preposition": ["as"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪz/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilize__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilizes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪzd/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilized__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilizing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪz/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilize__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪzɪz/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilizes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪzd/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilized__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːtəlaɪzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ut/utilize/utilizing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile via Old French from Latin utilis, from uti ‘to use’."
}