utility
Pronunciation: /juːˈtɪlɪti/
The English word “utility” has 13 meanings listed here.
noun
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- Something that is useful.
- The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- The ability to play multiple positions.
- A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
adjective
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- Functional rather than attractive.
Etymology
From Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ūtilitās, from uti (“to use”). By surface analysis, utile + -ity.
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