What does useful mean?
Definitions for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word useful.
Princeton's WordNet
useful, utile(adj)
being of use or service
"the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
utilitarian, useful(adj)
having a useful function
"utilitarian steel tables"
Wiktionary
useful(Adjective)
Having a practical or beneficial use.
This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.
Webster Dictionary
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
Editors Contribution
useful
To have a logical use.
The governmental policies were useful, open and transparent.
Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'useful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1002
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'useful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1251
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'useful' in Adjectives Frequency: #118
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of useful in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of useful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of useful in a Sentence
International fuel prices have significantly fallen, but we don't see any change. We want the government to adjust local fuel prices at the level of current price of a barrel on the international market, additionally, we demand the cancellation of a new tax on mobile telephones, because the mobile telephone in Burundi is no longer a luxury product, but a useful tool for most people in their everyday life.
There’s audio that could be useful just in terms of, are you in an office environment, are you outside, are you watching TV, what are you doing right now?
Australian National University:
The Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda in about four billion years. So knowing what kind of a monster our galaxy is up against is useful in finding out the Milky Ways ultimate fate.
It is only when we lose things that we figure out how important, worthwile,useful and valuable they were to us.
The first and probably the most useful finding is that physical distancing matters. There have been plenty of complaints that the guidance in the UK on 2 meters distance is excessive because it is more than in other countries.
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Translations for useful
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- geskiktAfrikaans
- مفيد, نافعArabic
- lazımlıAzerbaijani
- полезенBulgarian
- útilCatalan, Valencian
- užitečnýCzech
- buddiolWelsh
- nyttigDanish
- nützlichGerman
- χρήσιμοςGreek
- utilaEsperanto
- útilSpanish
- kasulikEstonian
- مفید, سودمندPersian
- käytännöllinen, hyödyllinenFinnish
- nýttigurFaroese
- utileFrench
- nuttichWestern Frisian
- úsáideachIrish
- goireasachScottish Gaelic
- útilGalician
- upayogiHindi
- itilHaitian Creole
- hasznosHungarian
- bergunaIndonesian
- gagnlegurIcelandic
- utileItalian
- სასარგებლოGeorgian
- بهسوود, به دهسد, بهکهڵکKurdish
- utilisLatin
- naudingasLithuanian
- derīgsLatvian
- whaihuaMāori
- хэрэгтэйMongolian
- bergunaMalay
- nuttig, dienstig, bruikbaarDutch
- nyttigNorwegian
- pożytecznyPolish
- útilPortuguese
- folositor, util, trebuinciosRomanian
- пригодный, нелишний, полезный, практичныйRussian
- užitočnýSlovak
- uporabenSlovene
- dobishëmAlbanian
- nyttig, användbarSwedish
- faidaSwahili
- ఉపయోగకరముTelugu
- ที่มีประโยชน์Thai
- may bisa, makabuluhanTagalog
- yararlı, faydalıTurkish
- bolmaqUyghur, Uighur
- кориснийUkrainian
- مفیدUrdu
- có íchVietnamese
- nusikYiddish
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