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(1.50 / 2 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(0.00 / 0 votes)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

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

How to say useful in sign language?

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. Dakota Wood:

   It is a useful bumper sticker.

2. Menander:

   Nothing is more useful than silence.

3. Henri Frdric Amiel:

   A belief is not true because it is useful.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   A golden tomb is useful only for the thieves!

5. Frank Caplan:

   Play has been man's most useful preoccupation.

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