NOUN | group | utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation | a company that performs a public service |
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attribute | utility, usefulness | the quality of being of practical use | |
act | utility | the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility | |
quantity | utility | (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice | |
communication | utility, utility program, service program | (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | |
artifact | utility | 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 / heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal | |
ADJECTIVE | all | utility, utility-grade | used of beef |
all | utility, substitute | capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team |
Sounds | yuwtih'lahtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | Used of beef; usable but inferior. | |
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Synonym | utility-grade | |
Broader | inferior | Of low or inferior quality |
Meaning | capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team. | |
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Example | "a utility infielder" | |
Synonym | substitute | |
Broader | secondary | Of second rank or importance or value |
Spanish | sustituto |
Meaning | A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation. | |
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Synonyms | public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation | |
Narrower | bus company, bus service | A public utility providing local transportation |
gas company, gas service | A public utility that provides gas | |
power company, power service, electric company, light company | A public utility that provides electricity | |
telephone company, telephone service, phone company, phone service, telco | A public utility that provides telephone service | |
water company, waterworks | A public utility that provides water | |
Broader | service | A company or agency that performs a public service |
Spanish | empresa de servicio público |
Meaning | The quality of being of practical use. | |
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Synonym | usefulness | |
Attributes | useful, utile | Of use or service |
useless | Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully | |
Narrower | detergency, detergence | detergent quality |
function, purpose, role, use | What something is used for | |
helpfulness | The property of providing useful assistance | |
instrumentality | The quality of being instrumental for some purpose | |
practicability, practicableness | The quality of being usable | |
practicality | concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities | |
serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability | The quality of being able to provide good service | |
use | A particular service | |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
Opposite | inutility, uselessness, unusefulness | The quality of having no practical use |
Spanish | efectividad, provecho, utilidad, útil | |
Catalan | profit, utilitat | |
Adjectives | utile | being of use or service |
utilitarian | having a useful function | |
utilitarian | having utility often to the exclusion of values | |
Verbs | utilize, utilise | put into service |
Meaning | The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility. | |
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Broader | service | Work done by one person or group that benefits another |
Meaning | (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice. | |
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Category | economics, economic science, political economy | The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
Narrower | marginal utility | (economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase / increase of one unit of an economic good or service |
Broader | system of measurement, metric | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic / characteristic |
Meaning | 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 / heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal. | |
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Narrower | electrical system, electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
heating system, heating plant, heating, heat | utility to warm / warm a building | |
plumbing, plumbing system | utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage | |
Broader | facility, installation | A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry |
Spanish | instalación | |
Catalan | instal·lació |
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