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Utility
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- 1 Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
"utility line; utility bill"
- 2 containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
"utility room; utility corridor"
- 3 Functional rather than attractive.
""Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages."
- 1 capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team wordnet
- 2 used of beef; usable but inferior wordnet
- 1 The state or condition of being useful; usefulness. countable, uncountable
""The profession has its utility, but I should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it.""
- 2 the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility wordnet
- 3 Something that is useful. countable, uncountable
"Undoubtedly it can be said that the humble 0-6-0 has been the backbone for general service, or general utility on British railways right from their earliest days, and is likely to remain so."
- 4 a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal wordnet
- 5 The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the quality of being of practical use wordnet
- 7 Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness. countable, uncountable
- 8 (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer wordnet
- 9 A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage. countable, uncountable
"The complex includes the usual utilities (gas and electricity) and amenities like wifi and a gym (toilets with toiletries)."
- 10 a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation wordnet
- 11 A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider. broadly, countable, uncountable
- 12 (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice wordnet
- 13 A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining. countable, uncountable
"a graphics utility; a music utility"
- 14 A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software. countable, uncountable
"Holonyms: app, application, program"
- 15 The ability to play multiple positions. countable, uncountable
- 16 A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin. Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
"Tim Archer got into the utility and drove[.] The car was a 1946 Chevrolet, somewhat battered by four years of station use, a sturdy practical vehicle with a coupé front seat and an open truck body behind."
Etymology
From Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ūtilitās, from uti (“to use”). By surface analysis, utile + -ity.
From Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ūtilitās, from uti (“to use”). By surface analysis, utile + -ity.
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