utility

utility

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of utility in English

English Online Dictionary. What means utility‎? What does utility mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, utilitet (usefulness), from Latin ūtilitās, from uti (to use). By surface analysis, utile +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juːˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/, /jəˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /juˈtɪl.ə.ti/, [juˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

utility (countable and uncountable, plural utilities)

  1. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
  2. Something that is useful.
  3. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
  4. (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
  5. (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
    Synonym: service
  6. (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
  7. (computing) 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.
    I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.
  8. (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Antonyms

  • disutility
  • inutility

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

utility

  1. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
    utility line; utility bill
  2. (Of a building or its components) 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.
    utility room; utility corridor
  3. Functional rather than attractive.

Synonyms

  • (state of being useful): usefulness, value, advantages, benefit, return, merits, virtue, note
  • See also Thesaurus:utility

References

  • “utility”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Spanish

Noun

utility m (plural utilitys)

  1. (sports) utility

Bookmark
share
WebDictionary.net is an Free English Dictionary containing information about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, translations, etymology and more.

Related Words

-

Browse the English Dictionary

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

License

This article based on an article on Wiktionary. The list of authors can be seen in the page history there. The original work has been modified. This article is distributed under the terms of this license.