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# utilize

«utilize» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make use of it for a useful purpose** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (utilize, utilizes, utilized, utilizing)

### meaning for a pupil

To utilize something is to make use of it for a useful purpose. (British spelling: utilise) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utilize/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons people put a useful thing to work, such as bees' honey and wax used for a purpose

### examples

- Aristaeus was supposed to have taught mankind how to catch bees, and to utilize honey and wax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utilize/#x1)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «utilize» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utilize/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.