utility

utility
01. Sometimes I wonder about the [utility] of riding my bicycle to school to reduce pollution when so many people drive cars.
02. The price of public [utilities] such as electricity and gas are relatively cheap in this country.
03. This [utility] knife can be used for a wide variety of purposes.
04. The government is planning to nationalize [utilities] such as electricity and oil, in order to control prices and production.
05. The badminton players [utilized] every inch of the court during their game.
06. We [utilized] sound effects CDs to produce the background noises on our recording.
07. Over 4,000 years ago, the Harappan people produced finely crafted [utilitarian] objects in bronze and copper.
08. Iron is [utilized] in the body in the formation of red blood cells.
09. This factory is the first in the country to [utilize] solar power for over 50% of its energy needs.
10. Old railway beds are now [utilized] as bicycle paths in many cities.
11. This company [utilizes] the latest in computer technology to increase efficiency in production.
12. Rent for the apartment is $750 per month, not including [utilities].
13. Zig Ziglar once said that success is the maximum [utilization] of the ability that you have.
14. Lord Salisbury once remarked that a policeman's [utility] would disappear if there were no criminals.
15. In 1865, Joseph Lister became the first doctor to [utilize] disinfectant during surgery.
16. The rent for our new apartment is a bit more than I'd wanted to pay, but the [utilities] are included, so I think it's a good deal.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Utility — U*til i*ty, n. [OE. utilite, F. utilit[ e], L. utilitas, fr. utilis useful. See {Utile}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • utility — util·i·ty n pl ties 1: fitness for some purpose or worth to some end 2 a: public utility b: a service or commodity provided by a public utility paid for rent and utilities; also: equipment or m …   Law dictionary

  • Utility — (engl. ‚Nutzen‘, ‚Versorgungsbetrieb‘) bezeichnet ein Dienstprogramm, Software Werkzeug zur Verwaltung eines Betriebssystems einen Fahrzeugtyp wie zum Beispiel den Holden Utility Landing Craft, Utility, ein Mehrzweck Landungsboot siehe auch:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • utility — ► NOUN (pl. utilities) 1) the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial. 2) a public utility. 3) Computing a utility program. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ useful, especially through having several functions. ORIGIN Latin utilitas, from utilis …   English terms dictionary

  • utility — late 14c., fact of being useful, from O.Fr. utilite usefulness (late 13c.), earlier utilitet (12c.), from L. utilitatem (nom. utilitas) usefulness, serviceableness, profit, from utilis usable, from uti (see USE (Cf. use) (v.)). As a shortened… …   Etymology dictionary

  • utility — [yo͞o til′ə tē] n. pl. utilities [ME utilite < OFr utilité < L utilitas < utilis, UTILE] 1. the quality or property of being useful; usefulness 2. something useful 3. a) something useful to the public, esp. the service of electric power …   English World dictionary

  • utility — /ju tiləti/, it. /u tiliti/ s. ingl. (propr. utilità ; pl. invar. o utilities ), usato in ital. al femm. (inform.) [spec. al plur., serie di istruzioni che facilitano, estendono o soccorrono le funzioni del sistema operativo o di un applicazione] …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • utility — (izg. jutìliti) m DEFINICIJA inform. uslužni program, v. uslužan ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • utility — *use, usefulness Analogous words: suitability, fitness, appropriateness (see corresponding adjectives at FIT): value, *worth …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • utility — [n] serviceableness account, adequacy, advantage, advantageousness, applicability, appropriateness, avail, benefit, convenience, efficacy, efficiency, expediency, favor, fitness, function, point, practicality, productiveness, profit, relevance,… …   New thesaurus

  • Utility — This article is about the economic concept. For other uses, see Utility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Utilitarianism …   Wikipedia

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