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hyödyntää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
  • capitalize verb To write a letter or word in uppercase.
  • exercise noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
  • involve verb To include something as a necessary part.
  • profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
  • suborn verb To persuade someone to carry out an illegal or malicious act, especially by corrupt means.
  • supply verb To provide something needed.
  • use verb To employ something for a particular purpose.
  • utilise verb To use something.

Senses

hyödyntää is used for these senses in English:

  • avail (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
  • capitalize (intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.
  • exercise (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
  • involve To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
  • make the most of (idiomatic, transitive) To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.
  • profit (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
  • suborn To make use of (something), especially for corrupt or dishonest reasons.
  • supply (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

avail — full definition

  1. verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
  2. noun Use or benefit, especially in the phrase "to no avail," meaning without success.

capitalize — full definition

  1. verb To write a letter or word in uppercase.
  2. verb To take advantage of an opportunity for benefit or profit.
  3. verb To provide money (capital) to fund a business or venture.
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