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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   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. Todd Reichert:

   After the bikes, we met Kitty Hawk and Kitty Hawk said,' Put rotors on it. Let's build a flying car,' we want to design something that's truly useful, and that will improve the way people carry themselves around.

2. Emmanuel Nahshon:

   If the French want to play a useful and positive role in the Middle East, they can't stand behind an initiative that is against Israel and only antagonizes us.

3. Laurence J. Peter:

   Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   The Chinese want to see their economic relationship with India grow, particularly if they could get the Indians to use Huawei technology for their 5G network, the Chinese would certainly be very useful for the Chinese government in terms of sustaining Huawei as an alternative to the West.

5. Marissa Mayer:

   The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.

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