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utilization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From French utilisation or from utilize + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of utilisation.
    • Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau. 2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
utilizations Number=Plur lexicographic
utilisation UK, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

utilization time · bioutilization · reutilization · utilization rate · utilizational · capacity utilization · utilization review · overutilization · hyperutilization · underutilization · misutilization

Synonyms

use · usage