utility as a noun: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2
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utility noun
1 utility A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.
synonyms: public-service corporation , public utility , public utility company .
Roget 646 :expedience ,
expediency ;
desirableness ,
desirability
etc.
adj.;
fitness
etc.
(agreement)
23 utility
etc.
644 propriety ;
opportunism ;
advantage .
high time
etc.
(occasion)
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Roget 618 :good ,
benefit ,
advantage ;
improvement
etc.
658 greatest good ,
supreme good ;
interest ,
service ,
behoof ,
behalf ;
weal ;
main chance ,
summum bonum [Lat.] ,
common weal ;
consummation devoutly to be wished ;"
gain ,
boot ;
profit ,
harvest .
boon
etc.
(gift)
784 good turn ;
blessing ;
world of good ;
piece of good luck [Fr.] ,
piece of good fortune [Fr.] ;
nuts ,
prize ,
windfall ,
godsend ,
waif ,
treasure-trove .
good fortune
etc.
(prosperity)
734 happiness
etc.
827 [Source of good]
goodness
etc.
648 utility
etc.
644 remedy
etc.
662 pleasure giving
etc.
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Dutch: nutsbedrijf, overheidsbedrijf
2 utility The quality of being of practical use.
synonym: usefulness .
Roget 644 :utility ;
usefulness
etc.
adj.;
efficacy ,
efficiency ,
adequacy ;
service ,
use ,
stead ,
avail ;
help
etc.
(aid)
707 applicability
etc.
adj.;
subservience
etc.
(instrumentality)
631 function
etc.
(business)
625 value ;
worth
etc.
(goodness)
648 money's worth ;
productiveness
etc.
168 cui bono [Lat.]
etc.
(intention)
620 utilization
etc.
(use)
677 step in the right direction .
common weal ;
commonwealth public good ,
public interest ;
utilitarianism
etc.
(philanthropy)
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Dutch: bruikbaarheid Polish: celowość, utylitarność, zdatność, praktyczność, przydatność, pomocność, użyteczność
3 utility The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility.
Dutch: handigs
4 utility economics A measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice.
Dutch: handigheid, hulpmiddel
5 utility computer science A program designed for general support of the processes of a computer:— A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users.
synonyms: service program , utility program .
Dutch: bruikbaarheid
6 utility 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.
adjective
1 utility 2 utility Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team:— A utility infielder.
synonym: substitute .
Moby thesaurus: Aktiengesellschaft , account , advantage , advantageousness , aktiebolag , alternate , alternative , appliance , applicability , appropriateness , availability , backup , beneficialness , body corporate , business , business establishment , cartel , chamber of commerce , combine , commercial enterprise , compagnie , company , concern , conglomerate , conglomerate corporation , consolidating company , consortium , convenience , copartnership , corporate body , corporation , counterfeit , diversified corporation , drive , dummy , effectiveness , efficacy , efficiency , engine , enginery , enterprise , equivalent , ersatz , facility , fake , favorableness , firm , fitness , fixture , functionality , helpfulness , holding company , house , imitation , industry , joint-stock association , joint-stock company , machine , machinery , makeshift , mechanical aid , mechanical device , mechanism , mock , motive power , motor , operability , operating company , partnership , phony , pinch , plunderbund , pool , power plant , power source , practicability , practical utility , practicality , profitability , provisional , proxy , public utility , relevance , reserve , secondary , service , serviceability , spare , stock company , stopgap , substitute , syndicate , temporary , tentative , token , trade association , trust , usability , use , usefulness , utilizability , vicarious ... show more .
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