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UTILISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does utilised mean?
• UTILISED (adjective)
The adjective UTILISED has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UTILISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put to use
Synonyms:
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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