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utility

15 ENTRIES FOUND:

1util·i·ty

noun \yü-ˈti-lə-tē\
plural util·i·ties

Definition of UTILITY

1
: fitness for some purpose or worth to some end
2
: something useful or designed for use
3
a : public utility b (1) : a service (as light, power, or water) provided by a public utility (2) : equipment or a piece of equipment to provide such service or a comparable service
4
: a program or routine designed to perform or facilitate especially routine operations (as copying files or editing text) on a computer

Examples of UTILITY

  1. a plan without much practical utility
  2. Notify the utility if there's an outage.

Origin of UTILITY

Middle English utilite, from Anglo-French utilité, from Latin utilitat, utilitas, from utilis useful, from uti to use
First Known Use: 14th century

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