What does useful mean?
Definitions for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word useful.
Princeton's WordNet
useful, utileadjective
being of use or service
"the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
utilitarian, usefuladjective
having a useful function
"utilitarian steel tables"
Wiktionary
usefuladjective
Having a practical or beneficial use.
This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Usefuladjective
Convenient; profitable to any end; conducive or helpful to any purpose.
Etymology: use and full.
Providence would only enter mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. Henry More, Antidote.
Gold and silver being little useful to the life of man, in proportion to food, raiment, and carriage, has its value only from the consent of men. John Locke.
That the legislature should have power to change the succession, is very useful towards preserving our religion and liberty. Jonathan Swift.
Deliver a particular account of the great and useful things already performed. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
useful
Useful refers to something that serves a particular purpose, function, or is beneficial or advantageous in a specific context. It is capable of giving assistance, producing good results, or helping to achieve a certain goal.
Webster Dictionary
Usefuladjective
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
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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
There hasn't been as much change as I expected, the meeting was useful but inconclusive.
I believe they should have the weapons systems that they believe they need to win, and Fox News’s not terribly useful for Dick Durbin to be second-guessing that.
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.
These very useful exchanges confirmed it makes sense for Paris to bid for this unique sporting event.
It is useful in countries like South Africa, close to elimination, or Sri Lanka, that has eliminated malaria. How do you locate that one person in a million people carrying the parasite in a country that has recorded no infection without doing invasive tests ?
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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
- بهکهڵک, بهسوود, به دهسدKurdish
- utilisLatin
- naudingasLithuanian
- derīgsLatvian
- whaihuaMāori
- хэрэгтэйMongolian
- bergunaMalay
- dienstig, bruikbaar, nuttigDutch
- nyttigNorwegian
- pożytecznyPolish
- útilPortuguese
- trebuincios, util, folositorRomanian
- практичный, пригодный, полезный, нелишнийRussian
- užitočnýSlovak
- uporabenSlovene
- dobishëmAlbanian
- nyttig, användbarSwedish
- faidaSwahili
- ఉపయోగకరముTelugu
- ที่มีประโยชน์Thai
- may bisa, makabuluhanTagalog
- yararlı, faydalıTurkish
- bolmaqUyghur, Uighur
- кориснийUkrainian
- مفیدUrdu
- có íchVietnamese
- nusikYiddish
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