useful

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adjective

being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.

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

un·use·ful, adjective

un·use·ful·ly, adverb

un·use·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms
1, 2. profitable, efficacious, beneficial.

Antonyms
1, 2. useless.

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useful (ˈjuːsfʊl)

—*adj*
1.	able to be used advantageously, beneficially, or for several purposes; helpful or serviceable
2.	informal commendable or capable: a useful term's work

—n
3.	informal (Austral) an odd-jobman or general factotum

'usefully

—*adv*

'usefulness

—n

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