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1. (adj.) useful
being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect:
a useful member of society.
2. useful
of practical use; producing material results; supplying common needs.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) useful, utile
being of use or service
"the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
2. (adj) utilitarian, useful
having a useful function
"utilitarian steel tables"
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1. (adjective) useful
≠ useless
a useful tool; The extra money would be useful.; Could I be useful to you?; ways to spend your time usefully; a discussion about the usefulness of the safety measures
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) useful
full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts
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Sense: helpful or serving a purpose well
a useful tool/dictionary; She made herself useful by doing the washing for her mother.
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 Afrikaans: nuttig |
 Arabic: مُفيد، نافِع |
 Bulgarian: полезен |
 Brazilian: útil |
 Czech: užitečný |
 German: nützlich |
 Danish: nyttig |
 Greek: χρήσιμος |
 Spanish: útil |
 Estonian: kasulik |
 Farsi: سودمند |
 Finnish: hyödyllinen |
 French: utile |
 Hebrew: מוֹעִיל |
 Hindi: उपयोगी |
 Croatian: koristan |
 Hungarian: hasznos |
 Indonesian: berguna |
 Icelandic: gagnlegur, nytsamlegur |
 Italian: utile |
 Japanese: 役に立つ |
 Korean: 유용한 |
 Lithuanian: naudingas |
 Latvian: []derīgs |
 Malay: berguna |
 Dutch: nuttig |
 Norwegian: nyttig, til nytte; (gjøre |
 Polish: użyteczny |
 Persian: سودمند |
 Pashto: ګټور، دكار، دګټې، په كار |
 Portuguese: útil |
 Romanian: folositor |
 Russian: полезный |
 Slovak: užitočný |
 Slovenian: koristen |
 Serbian: koristan |
 Swedish: användbar, nyttig |
 Thai: ที่มีประโยชน์ |
 Turkish: yararlı, faydalı |
 Taiwanese: 有用的 |
 Ukrainian: корисний, придатний |
 Urdu: مفيد |
 Vietnamese: hữu dụng |
 Chinese: 有用的 |
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