useful

useful - English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈjuːsfəl/

Adjective

useful (comparative more useful or usefuller, superlative most useful or usefullest)

  1. Having a practical or beneficial use.

Usage notes

  • Prepositions: useful is used in useful for <purpose>, useful for <person> and useful to <person>. The words useful to are also found in constructions such as It is useful to do, in which to marks an infinitive rather than being a preposition.

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Meaning and Definition of useful
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