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utile
[
yoo
-til
,
-tahyl
]
u·tile
/
ˈyu
tɪl
,
-taɪl
/
Show Spelled
[
yoo
-til
,
-tahyl
]
Show IPA
adjective
useful.
Origin:
1475–85;
<
Old French
<
Latin
ūtilis,
equivalent to
ūt
(
ī
) to use +
-ilis
-ile
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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utile
(ˈjuːtaɪl, -tɪl)
—
adj
an obsolete word for
useful
[C15: via Old French from Latin
ūtilis,
from
ūtī
to use]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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