Word: Utilities
How to pronounce: juːˈtɪlɪtɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.
Example sentences: "He had a poor opinion of the utility of book learning"
2. An organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage.Stocks and bonds in public utilities.
Example sentences: "The final vote at the National Assembly on the privatisation bill to transform utilities into limited liability companies will be held on June 22."
3. A utility program.
Example sentences: "A handy utility for converting one graphics file type to another"
4. A utility vehicle.
Example sentences: "The 44-year-old nursing student was hit by a utility while cycling along Newitt Street on Thursday morning."
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Useful, especially through being able to perform several functions.
Example sentences: "A utility truck"
2. Functional rather than attractive.
Example sentences: "Utility clothing"
Synonyms:
usefulness
practicality
utility value
serviceability
municipal
public utility
public utility company
power company
tool
service program
software utility
service
energy supply
use
Derivations:
utilitarian
utilization
utilize
utilise
utilized
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Utilities in Other Languages...
Spanish: Utilidad
German: Dienstprogramm
French: Utilitaire
Italian: Utilità
Turkish: Program
