Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Useful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Useful; profitable; beneficial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Profitable; useful.
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- adjective
Useful . - noun economics A
theoretical unit of measure ofutility , for indicating a supposed quantity ofsatisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being of use or service
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The mode of knowledge and education with which Gilchrist initially locates value is that of the practical, the "utile," but this figuration does not come at the expense of leisured contemplation, the "dulce."
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The rebels have stormed over the parts of Zairean territory that mining companies describe as 'utile' (useful) - the fertile east and the mineral-rich south, source of the country's incalculable and still largely unexploited riches.
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Now in command of the 'utile' part of the country, Kabila has to decide whether he should move on what the mineralogists regard as the 'inutile' (useless) part - the chaotic and largely economically worthless quarter that includes the capital Kinshasa.
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Paris is the place in the world where, if you please, you may the best unite the 'utile' and the 'dulce'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Paris is the place in the world where, if you please, you may the best unite the 'utile' and the 'dulce'.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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"In proportion as a man aims at and is successful in pursuing his utile, that is his esse, so much the more is he endowed with virtue; on the other hand, in proportion as he neglects to cultivate his utile or his esse, so much the greater is his impotence" (Eth.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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While it might be utile to commute, say, via light rail to work say, within a 30 min. radius, the car allows you to drive a lot further to work.
Matthew Yglesias » Cars Are Expensive, Poor People Take the Bus 2009
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La scarsit di relazioni una patologia sanitaria oltre che sociale sottolinea Michele Mangano presidente nazionale Auser - Lanziano ha bisogno di sentirsi utile e importante soprattutto se piece for one person o se abbandonato da nipoti ormai grandi o da figli lontani.
Disney sull'adozione spirituale. Virna Lisi e i suoi nipoti all ... admin 2009
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La scarsit di relazioni una patologia sanitaria oltre che sociale sottolinea Michele Mangano presidente nazionale Auser - Lanziano ha bisogno di sentirsi utile e importante soprattutto se piece for one person o se abbandonato da nipoti ormai grandi o da figli lontani.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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