useful
/ˈjusfəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a practical or beneficial use.
Example Sentences
- "prove useful"
- "practically useful"
- "That’s a very useful tool for gardeners."
- "She found the information extremely useful."
- "In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance."
- "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjusfəl/
- British English: /ˈjuːsfəl/
Inflected Forms
more useful (comparative)
usefuller (comparative)
most useful (superlative)
usefullest (superlative)
usefull (alternative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
as useful as a chocolate teapot
come in useful
Newell teapot
useful as a chocolate teapot
useful as tits on a bull
useful idiot
useful life time of useful consciousness