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11useful — / ju:sfFl/ adjective 1 helping you to do or get what you want: useful information | Dean s a really useful person to have around when things go wrong. | useful to sb: information that may be useful to the enemy | useful for sth: These yellow… …
12useful — adj. 1) useful for, to (a combinatory dictionary is useful for/to students) 2) useful for, in (computers are useful in compiling statistics) 3) useful to + inf. (it s useful to know several foreign languages when you are traveling abroad = it s… …
13useful*/*/*/ — [ˈjuːsf(ə)l] adj helpful for doing or achieving something a useful tool/technique/gadget[/ex] Here s some useful information about travel in Canada.[/ex] I was useful to them because I could speak French.[/ex] That basket would be useful for… …
14useful — The basic quid pro quo contemplated by the Constitution and the congress for granting a patent monopoly is the benefit derived by the public from an invention with substantial utility. Specific benefit must exist in currently available form.… …
15useful — [[t]ju͟ːsfʊl[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If something is useful, you can use it to do something or to help you in some way. The slow cooker is very useful for people who go out all day... Hypnotherapy can be useful in helping you give up smoking... The …
16useful — adj. 1 a of use; serviceable. b producing or able to produce good results (gave me some useful hints). 2 colloq. highly creditable or efficient (a useful performance). Phrases and idioms: make oneself useful perform useful services. useful load… …
17useful — usefully, adv. usefulness, n. /yoohs feuhl/, adj. 1. being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society. 2. of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results;… …
18useful — /ˈjusfəl / (say yoohsfuhl) adjective 1. being of use or service; serving some purpose; serviceable, advantageous, helpful, or of good effect. 2. of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results; supplying common needs: the useful… …
19useful — adjective Date: 1595 1. capable of being put to use; especially serviceable for an end or purpose < useful tools > 2. of a valuable or productive kind < do something useful with your life > • usefully adverb …
20useful — adjective 1) a useful multipurpose tool Syn: functional, practical, handy, convenient, utilitarian, serviceable, of use, of service Ant: useless 2) a useful experience Syn …
