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1. (n.) utility
the state or quality of being useful; usefulness.
2. utility
something useful; a useful thing.
3. utility
a public service, as the providing of electricity, gas, water, a telephone system, or bus and railroad lines.
4. utility
Often, utilities. a useful or advantageous factor or feature.
5. utility
the capacity of a commodity or a service to satisfy some human want.
6. utility
utilities, stocks or bonds of public utilities.
7. (adj.) utility
(of domestic animals) raised or kept as potentially profitable products rather than for show or as pets.
8. utility
designed for a number of practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one:
a utility knife.
9. utility
capable of serving in any of various capacities:
a utility player on a baseball team.
10. utility
designed chiefly for use or service rather than beauty, high quality, etc.:
utility furniture.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < OF < L ūtil(is) useful)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
2. (noun) utility, usefulness
the quality of being of practical use
3. (noun) utility
the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
"the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
4. (noun) utility
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
5. (noun) utility program, utility, service program
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
"a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
6. (adj) utility
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
"the price of the house included all utilities"
7. (adj) utility(a), utility-grade
used of beef; usable but inferior
8. (adj) utility(a), substitute(a)
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
"a utility infielder"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) utility
the quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines
2. (noun) utility
adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2
3. (noun) utility
happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism
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Sense: usefulness
Some kitchen gadgets have only a limited utility.
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 Afrikaans: nut |
 Arabic: مَنْفَعَه، فائِدَه |
 Bulgarian: полза |
 Brazilian: utilidade |
 Czech: užitečnost |
 German: die Nützlichkeit |
 Danish: anvendelighed |
 Greek: χρησιμότητα |
 Spanish: utilidad |
 Estonian: kasulikkus, kasutatavus |
 Farsi: کارایی |
 Finnish: hyödyllisyys |
 French: utilité |
 Hebrew: תוֹעֶלֶת |
 Hindi: उपयोगिता |
 Croatian: iskoristivost |
 Hungarian: hasznosság |
 Indonesian: kegunaan |
 Icelandic: gagnsemi, nytsemi |
 Italian: utilità |
 Japanese: 有用性 |
 Korean: 유용 |
 Lithuanian: naudingumas |
 Latvian: derīgums; pielietojums |
 Malay: kebergunaan |
 Dutch: nut |
 Norwegian: nytte, anvendelighet |
 Polish: użyteczność |
 Persian: کارایی |
 Pashto: ګټور توب، خوښى، خوشالي، ه |
 Portuguese: utilidade |
 Romanian: utilitate |
 Russian: полезность; пригодность |
 Slovak: úžitok |
 Slovenian: uporabnost |
 Serbian: upotreba |
 Swedish: [praktisk] nytta, användb |
 Thai: สิ่งที่เป็นประโยชน์ |
 Turkish: yarar, fayda |
 Taiwanese: 用處 |
 Ukrainian: корисність; вигідність |
 Urdu: افاديت |
 Vietnamese: tính hữu dụng |
 Chinese: 效用 |
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