Utility - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|juːˈtɪlətɪ|
Brit.
|juːˈtɪlɪtɪ|
noun
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- the quality of being of practical use (syn: usefulness)
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the quality of being of practical use (syn: usefulness)
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (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
- 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 disposaladjective
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team (syn: substitute)
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team (syn: substitute)
a utility infielder
Extra examples
Notify the utility if there's an outage.
Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by students nationwide.
Does your rent include utilities?
It's a simple shareware utility that allows you to print signs and banners.
Utility, considered as the directive rule of human conduct.
...the utility company threatened them with the shutoff of electricity if the bills weren't paid...
Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child
Word forms
noun
singular: utility
plural: utilities
singular: utility
plural: utilities
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