Definitions for useful
ˈyus fəluse·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. useful, utileadjective

   being of use or service

   "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

2. utilitarian, usefuladjective

   having a useful function

   "utilitarian steel tables"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. usefuladjective

   Having a practical or beneficial use.

   This tool is very useful. It makes doing this task a lot easier.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 ContributionRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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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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. Stefan Schaefer:

   A useful first step is to stop cutting down trees in the first place, that's still happening on a large scale.

2. Steve Schale:

   We are still working out what the role will be, but largely will be to support the efforts of the 'Draft' effort, from helping make the public case, as well as working to grow the grassroots organization. As I told Josh Alcorn, I'm just an old political hand here to volunteer, in whatever way they think is most useful.

3. Laurence J. Peter:

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

4. Mark Savchuk:

   So, all in all we obviously don't [think] she is a hero, come on, it's ridiculous. She said herself that ‘we have been lying to you for years,’ we are not even sure if she is ‘for real’ to be honest, because in Russia s--t like that doesn't happen. But in either case it was useful on allied countries of Russia.

5. Joel Friedman:

   That document ... will be President Obama's final vision of how he lays out the fiscal future for the country, i don't think anyone expects it to be enacted this year. Republicans aren't going to embrace it, but that doesn't mean it's not going to be a useful document.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=useful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Useful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=useful
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful