Vocabulary lesson 42
Definitions and samples
- We must consider how best to utilize what resources we have.
- Tokyo is extremely humid in mid-summer.
- The company's main function is to maximize profit.
- He has a theory that the hole was caused by a meteorite.
- Hills Road is parallel to Mill Road.
- utilize (v.) make use of; to use something in an effective way
- We must consider how best to utilize what resources we have.
- humid (adj.) moist; damp
- Tokyo is extremely humid in mid-summer.
- maximize (v.) to increase or make as great as possible
- The company's main function is to maximize profit.
- theory (n.) explanation based on thought, observation, or reasoning
- He has a theory that the hole was caused by a meteorite.
- parallel (adj.) being an equal distance apart everywhere
- Hills Road is parallel to Mill Road.