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Meaning of USEFUL

Pronunciation:  'yoosful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
  2. [adj]  of great importance or use or service; "useful information"; "valuable advice"
  3. [adj]  capable of being turned to use or account; "useful applications of calculus"
  4. [adj]  being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
 
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 Synonyms: functional, helpful, important, multipurpose, of import, of value, practical, reclaimable, recyclable, reusable, serviceable, usable, useable, utile, utilitarian, utilizable, valuable
 
 Antonyms: useless
 
 See Also: effective, effectual, efficacious, expedient, profitable

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Use"ful\, a.
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.
      To what can I useful!                    --Milton.
 
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