Definitions for utility

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utility u·til·i·ty

Spelling: [yoo-til-i-tee]

IPA: /yuˈtɪl ɪ ti/

Utility is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in utility (iilttuy).

Definitions for utility

noun

1. the state or quality of being useful; usefulness:
2. something useful; a useful thing.
3. a public service, as a telephone or electric-light system, a streetcar or railroad line, or the like. Compare public utility (def 1).
4. Often, utilities. a useful or advantageous factor or feature:
5. Economics. the capacity of a commodity or a service to satisfy some human want.
6. the principle and end of utilitarian ethics; well-being or happiness; that which is conducive to the happiness and well-being of the greatest number.
7. Computers. utility program.
8. utilities, stocks or bonds of public utilities.
9. a grade of beef immediately below commercial.

adjective

1. (of domestic animals) raised or kept as a potentially profitable product rather than for show or as pets:
2. having or made for a number of useful or practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one:
3. designed chiefly for use or service rather than beauty, high quality, or the like:

Origin of utility

1350-1400; Middle English utilite Old French utelite Latin ūtilitās, equivalent to ūtil(is) useful (see utile) + -itās -ity

Examples for utility

In essence, he “invented” the idea of a utility company, which would power the light bulbs and other devices people might plug in.

According to the courts, the Internet is not considered a utility and therefore not subject to such regulations.

I do not ask for proofs of genius, I ask for solid proofs of utility.

These powerful objections were only met with excuses of convenience and utility.

This was the fashion of the day, though its utility, on the whole, may very well be questioned.

After all their piety was aimless and of no utility to humanity.

Much like Cosmo itself, the slideshow is pretty to look at but lacking in substance and utility.

There is no doubt, replied Altamont, of its utility; but how would you contrive to make it?

In 2010, in what it says was the first such effort by a U.S. utility, APS placed panels on 125 homes in Flagstaff—for no charge.

So, the pair set about tapping into that world to find partners who might appreciate the utility of a dead, frozen kitten.