utilisation

English

Alternative forms

• utilization (North American, Oxford)

Etymology

From French utilisation or from utilise +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Noun

utilisation (countable and uncountable, plural utilisations) (British spelling)

1. The act of using something.
   • 1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67:

     The merchandise trains of the future will be able to pace the average day and night express without significant loss of track utilisation, but where quadruple track does not exist it may be necessary to seek alternative routes for the slower-moving coal and heavy mineral traffic.

2. The manner in which something is used.
3. The state of being used.

Usage notes

• See usage notes at utilise.

Synonyms

• use

Translations

act of using

• Bulgarian: употреба (bg) f (upotreba), използване (bg) n (izpolzvane)
• Dutch: gebruik (nl) n
• French: utilisation (fr)
• Haitian Creole: itilizasyon
• Hungarian: használat (hu)
• Indonesian: pemanfaatan (id)
• Italian: utilizzazione (it) f, utilizzo (it) m
• Malayalam: ഉപയോഗം (ml) (upayōgaṁ)
• Tagalog: sagamit

manner of using

• Bulgarian: начин на употреба (način na upotreba)
• Dutch: gebruik (nl) n
• French: utilisation (fr)
• Hungarian: használat (hu)
• Italian: utilizzazione (it) f, utilizzo (it) m
• Swedish: utnyttjande (sv), användande (sv)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃/

• Audio: "sous utilisation"

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Noun

utilisation f (plural utilisations)

1. purpose, use, utilisation

Derived terms

• sous-utilisation

Further reading

• “utilisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.