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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. being of use or service;
- Example: "the girl felt motherly and useful"
- Example: "a useful job"
- Example: "a useful member of society"
[syn: useful, utile]

2. having a useful function;
- Example: "utilitarian steel tables"
[syn: utilitarian, useful]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         To what can I useful!                    --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

useful
    adj 1: being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and
           useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
           [syn: useful, utile] [ant: useless]
    2: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables" [syn:
       utilitarian, useful]