different between utilize vs expend
utilize
English
Alternative forms
- utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ?tilis, from ?t? (“use”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?t?la?z/
Verb
utilize (third-person singular simple present utilizes, present participle utilizing, simple past and past participle utilized)
- (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise
Usage notes
- See usage notes at utilise.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Sir Ernest Gowers: The Complete Plain Words. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1965.
- Eric Partridge: Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. England, Penguin Books, 1973.
- John E. Kahn (ed): The Right Word at the Right Time. London, Readers Digest, 1985.
- Pam Peters: The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u?ti?li?ze
Verb
utilize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of utilizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of utilizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of utilizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of utilizar
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expend
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expend? (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sp?nd/, /?k?sp?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)
- (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- If my death might make this island happy […]
- I would expend it with all willingness.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse
Related terms
- expenditure
- expense
- expensive
Translations
See also
- expent
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