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use⋅ful

  [yoos-fuhl]
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–adjective
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; supplying common needs: the useful arts; useful work.
Origin:
1585–95; use + -ful

Related forms:
use⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
use⋅ful⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. profitable, efficacious, beneficial.

Antonyms:
1, 2. useless.
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use·ful   (yōōs'fəl)   
adj.  
  1. Having a beneficial use; serviceable: a useful kitchen gadget.
  2. Being of practical use: a useful job; useful members of society.
use'ful·ly adv., use'ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Useful

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : useful
Spanish: útil,
German: nützlich,
Japanese: 役に立つ
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