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UTILISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does utilised mean? 

UTILISED (adjective)
  The adjective UTILISED has 1 sense:

1. put to useplay

  Familiarity information: UTILISED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UTILISED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Put to use

Synonyms:

employed; utilised; utilized

Similar:

used (employed in accomplishing something)


 Context examples 


There were still several hours of grey daylight and sombre twilight, and he utilised them in chopping an enormous supply of fire-wood.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

By some means, which are not yet clear, he succeeded in winning, under a false name, this official position in the office, which he utilised in order to obtain moulding of various locks, and a thorough knowledge of the position of the strong room and the safes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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