put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
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apply

employ

use

utilise

utilize

sample sentences

"use your head!"
"we only use Spanish at home"
"I can't use this tool"
"Apply a magnetic field here"
"This thinking was applied to many projects"
"How do you utilize this tool?"
"I apply this rule to get good results"
"use the plastic bags to store the food"
"He doesn't know how to use a computer"

convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
<verb.change>

utilize

put to use
<adj.all>

employed

utilised

utilized

someone who puts to good use
<noun.person>

utiliser

utilizer

sample sentences

"not all organisms are utilizers of oxygen"
"the social agencies and their utilizers both objected to the budget cut"

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
<adj.all>   (a)   (a)   freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 3

extreme

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"extreme cold"
"extreme caution"
"extreme pleasure"
"utmost contempt"
"to the utmost degree"
"in the uttermost distress"

highest in extent or degree
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

last

utmost

sample sentences

"to the last measure of human endurance"
"whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"

(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
<adj.all>

farthermost

farthest

furthermost

furthest

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"had traveled to the farthest frontier"
"don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"
"explored the furthest reaches of space"
"the utmost tip of the peninsula"

the greatest possible degree
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

level best

maximum

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"he tried his utmost"

a work of fiction describing a utopia
<noun.communication>

utopia

ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
<noun.state>

utopia

of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

Utopian

utopian

sample sentences

"a Utopian novel"

characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection
<adj.all>

utopian

sample sentences

"the dim utopian future"
"utopian idealists"
"recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"

socialism achieved by voluntary sacrifice
<noun.cognition>

utopian socialism

a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
<noun.body>

utricle

utriculus

a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
<noun.body>

utricle

utriculus

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
<adj.all>   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

arrant

complete

consummate

double-dyed

everlasting

gross

perfect

pure

sodding

staring

stark

thorough

thoroughgoing

unadulterated

utter

sample sentences

"an arrant fool"
"a complete coward"
"a consummate fool"
"a double-dyed villain"
"gross negligence"
"a perfect idiot"
"pure folly"
"what a sodding mess"
"stark staring mad"
"a thorough nuisance"
"a thoroughgoing villain"
"utter nonsense"
"the unadulterated truth"

complete and absolute
<adj.all>

blank

utter

sample sentences

"utter seriousness"
"blank stupidity"

articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 6

express

give tongue to

utter

verbalise

verbalize

sample sentences

"She expressed her anger"
"He uttered a curse"

express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

emit

let loose

let out

utter

sample sentences

"She let out a big heavy sigh"
"He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

express in speech
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mouth

speak

talk

utter

verbalise

verbalize

sample sentences

"She talks a lot of nonsense"
"This depressed patient does not verbalize"

put into circulation
<verb.motion>

utter

sample sentences

"utter counterfeit currency"

capable of being uttered in words or sentences
<adj.all>

speakable

utterable

the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

utterance

vocalization

communicated in words
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

expressed

uttered

verbalised

verbalized

sample sentences

"frequently uttered sentiments"

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

speaker

talker

utterer

verbaliser

verbalizer

sample sentences

"the speaker at commencement"
"an utterer of useful maxims"

someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
<noun.person>

utterer

an organism that can utter vocal sounds
<noun.person>

utterer

vocaliser

vocalizer

sample sentences

"an utterer of foul oaths"
"is the giraffe a vocalizer?"

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8

absolutely

dead

perfectly

utterly

sample sentences

"an absolutely magnificent painting"
"a perfectly idiotic idea"
"you're perfectly right"
"utterly miserable"
"you can be dead sure of my innocence"
"was dead tired"
"dead right"

(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
<adj.all>

farthermost

farthest

furthermost

furthest

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"had traveled to the farthest frontier"
"don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"
"explored the furthest reaches of space"
"the utmost tip of the peninsula"

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
<adj.all>   (a)   (a)   freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 3

extreme

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"extreme cold"
"extreme caution"
"extreme pleasure"
"utmost contempt"
"to the utmost degree"
"in the uttermost distress"

the greatest possible degree
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

level best

maximum

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"he tried his utmost"

the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
<noun.attribute>

absoluteness

starkness

utterness

sample sentences

"the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"

the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
<noun.body>

uvea

of or relating to the uvea of the eye
<adj.pert>

uveal

uveous

inflammation of the uvea of the eye
<noun.state>

uveitis

a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor
<noun.body>

uveoscleral pathway

of or relating to the uvea of the eye
<adj.pert>

uveal

uveous

a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
<noun.body>

uvula

of or relating to or associated with the uvula
<adj.pert>

uvular

sample sentences

"the uvular r"

inflammation of the uvula
<noun.state>

uvulitis

surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
<noun.act>

PPP

UPPP

palatopharyngoplasty

uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

(legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
<noun.person>

ux.

uxor