utilitynoun
uk/juːˈtɪl.ə.ti/us/juːˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/utility noun (SERVICE)
[ C ] formal a service that is used by the public, such as an electricity or gas supply or a train service:
utility bills
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- the administration of public utilities
- The utility of this substance has been proven in a series of tests.
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Society - general words
- amenity
- civilization
- civilized
- consumer society
- dystopia
- facility
- hunter-gatherer
- pluralism
- pluralist
- secularize
- social
- societal
- society
- socio-
- sociocultural
- sociolinguistic
- sociolinguistics
- sociology
- superstructure
- uncivilized
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utility noun (USE)
[ U ] formal the usefulness of something, especially in a practical way
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Goals and purposes
- affordance
- aim
- ambition
- aspiration
- avail
- cause 1
- dedicated
- deliverable
- end
- KPI
- object
- objective
- order
- orientation
- point
- poodle
- poodle around (sth)
- prize
- should
- use
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