Definitions for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. useful, utile(adj)

   being of use or service

   "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

2. utilitarian, useful(adj)

   having a useful function

   "utilitarian steel tables"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. useful(Adjective)

   Having a practical or beneficial use.

   This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Useful(adj)

   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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1. useful

   To have a logical use.

   The governmental policies were useful, open and transparent.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'useful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1002

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'useful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1251

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'useful' in Adjectives Frequency: #118

How to pronounce useful?

1. Alex

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of useful in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of useful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of useful in a Sentence

1. Manohar Parrikar:

   We have decided to take forward discussions under DTTI more aggressively on key areas such as jet engine technology. We will also continue our very useful and productive discussions on cooperation ... on aircraft carriers.

2. Joy Behar:

   She hasnt denied it, shes just going after Hillary. I just think that she could be a useful idiot the way that Trump is a useful idiot to the Russians.

3. Mark Krikorian:

   Doing database checks doesn’t help much if you don’t have anything useful in the database on most people, we don’t have any information on who these people are. We don’t have access on Syrian vital statistics or government records, if they even still exist.

4. Lorne Baring:

   We started investing in factor-based funds two years ago and now about one-fifth of our total ETF allocation goes to these funds, it is very useful to tilt a portfolio towards the style an investor would like such as growth and value.

5. Alexander Hamilton:

   Power may be justly compared to a great river while kept within its bounds it is both beautiful and useful, but when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemmed it bears down all before it, and brings destruction and desolation wherever it goes.

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