• v.
    ⦿put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
    lexical concept
  • Apply a magnetic field here
  • He doesn't know how to use a computer
  • How do you utilize this tool?
  • I apply this rule to get good results
  • I can't use this tool
  • This thinking was applied to many projects
  • use the plastic bags to store the food
  • use your head!
  • we only use Spanish at home

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:apply
  2. enl:employ
  3. enl:use
  4. enl:utilise
  5. enl:utilize
wn:interlingual indexili:i27417

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • applyemployuseutiliseutilize
  • employutilise