Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of utilizing or turning to account, or the state of being utilized. Also spelled utilisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun American Alternative spelling of utilisation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of having been made use of
  • noun the act of using

Etymologies

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utilize +‎ -ation

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