useful
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
useful/ˈjuːsfl/
▶adjective
- 1 able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways.
- 2 Brit. informal very able or competent.
– phrases
make oneself useful do something that is of some value or benefit.
make oneself useful do something that is of some value or benefit.
– derivatives
usefully adverb,
usefulness noun.
usefully adverb,
usefulness noun.
'useful' also found in these Oxford entries:
accessory
- amenity
- amiss
- asset
- bit
- chrestomathy
- cogeneration
- come
- commodity
- constructive
- consumer durables
- convenience
- desirable
- discard
- do
- efficiency
- find
- frame
- functional
- futile
- gimmick
- handy
- helpful
- hoard
- informative
- instructive
- invaluable
- investment
- junk DNA
- knock
- kurrajong
- means
- network
- networker
- phrase book
- practicable
- profitable
- purpose
- redundant
- regress
- serve
- shelf
- store
- superannuate
- tupelo
- uninformative
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- useful load
