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1. utility
noun. ['juːˈtɪləti'] a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.
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Etymology
- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Utility
- comprehensibility
- overwhelmability
- irresponsibility
- responsibility
- inaccessibility
- susceptibility
- deductibility
- compatibility
- combinability
- acceptability
- palatability
- invisibility
- flexibility
- electability
- applicability
- affordability
- admissibility
- adaptability
- reliability
- probability
- malleability
- irritability
- availability
- volatility
- versatility
- possibility
- legibility
- feasibility
- capability
- amiability
Sentences with utility
1. Noun, singular or mass
Slit eight inches in from the cut end on the outer insulation with the blade of a utility knife.
Quotes about utility
1. The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure.
- John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
2. Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility?
- Sena Jeter Naslund, Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
3. utility
noun. ['juːˈtɪləti'] the quality of being of practical use.
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- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. utility
noun. ['juːˈtɪləti'] the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility.
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Etymology
- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. utility
adjective. ['juːˈtɪləti'] capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team.
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- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. utility
noun. ['juːˈtɪləti'] (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer.
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- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. utility
adjective. ['juːˈtɪləti'] used of beef; usable but inferior.
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- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
8. utility
noun. ['juːˈtɪləti'] (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice.
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- utilitet (Old French (842-ca. 1400))