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2 book was very useful to me
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > book was very useful to me
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3 the book was very useful to me
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the book was very useful to me
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4 all these rules are very useful indeed, for they ...
• все эти правила, действительно, очень полезны, поскольку они...English-Russian dictionary of phrases and cliches for a specialist researcher > all these rules are very useful indeed, for they ...
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useful ['ju:sfʊl](a) (handy → book, information, machine) utile, pratique; (→ discussion, experience) utile, profitable; (→ method) utile, efficace;∎ does it serve any useful purpose? est-ce utile?, est-ce que cela sert à quelque chose?;∎ I felt as if I was doing something useful j'avais l'impression de faire quelque chose d'utile ou de me rendre utile;∎ it will come in very useful cela rendra bien service;∎ you could be useful to the director vous pourriez rendre service au directeur;∎ the information was useful to us in making a decision les renseignements nous ont aidés à prendre une décision;∎ make yourself useful and help me tidy up rends-toi utile et aide-moi à ranger;∎ it's useful to know c'est bon à savoir;∎ she's a useful person to know c'est une femme qu'il est bon de connaître;∎ he's very useful around the house il est très utile ou il rend beaucoup de services dans la maison;∎ they're useful when it comes to financial affairs ils sont très compétents dans le domaine financier;∎ this map could be very useful cette carte pourrait être très utile ou d'une grande utilité∎ he's a very useful player c'est un joueur très compétent□∎ to be useful with one's fists savoir se servir de ses poings;∎ to be useful with a gun savoir manier un fusil□►► useful life vie f utile;∎ this machine has a useful life of ten years cette machine a une durée de vie de dix ans -
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♦ useful /ˈju:sfl/a.1 utile: a very useful book, un libro molto utile; Doctors are useful to the community, i medici sono utili alla comunità; a useful hint, un utile suggerimento; A hotplate is useful for keeping food warm, la piastra elettrica è utile per tenere in caldo il cibo; It would be useful for you to read the documents before you come, sarebbe utile che tu leggessi i documenti prima di venire; to make oneself useful, rendersi utile; to come in useful, tornare utile: You never know what may come in useful one day, non si sa mai cosa potrebbe tornare utile un giorno o l'altro● (fam.) to be pretty useful with one's fists, sapere usare i pugni □ (ind.) useful life, durata (o vita) utile ( di un macchinario, ecc.). -
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adjective (helpful or serving a purpose well: a useful toolionary; She made herself useful by doing the washing for her mother.) útiluseful adj útil / prácticowhat a useful gadget! ¡qué aparato más útil!tr['jʊːsfʊl]1 útil\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto come in useful venir bien, ser útilto make oneself useful ser útil, ayudaruseful ['ju:sfəl] adj: útil, práctico♦ usefully advadj.• aprovechable adj.• provechoso, -a adj.• servible adj.• socorrido, -a adj.• util adj.• valioso, -a adj.• útil adj.'juːsfəladjective <invention/tool/information> útil; < experience> útil, provechosothat's a useful thing to know — viene bien or es útil saberlo
to come in useful — (BrE) ser* útil, venir* bien
to make oneself useful — ayudar, echar una mano
come on, make yourself useful — venga, ayuda en algo
['juːsfʊl]ADJ1) (=valuable) [information, advice, tool] útil; [discussion, meeting] fructífero; [experience] provechoso, útila useful player — un buen jugador, un jugador que vale
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to come in useful — ser útil, venir bien•
the machine has reached the end of its useful life — la máquina ha llegado al final de su periodo de funcionamiento•
to make o.s. useful — ayudar, echar una mano *come on, make yourself useful! — ¡venga, haz algo!, ¡vamos, echa una mano! *
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this discussion is not serving any useful purpose — esta discusión no está sirviendo para nada útil or provechoso•
I feel I am useful to the company — me parece que le soy de utilidad a or útil a la empresa2) * (=capable)•
he's useful with his fists — sabe defenderse con los puños* * *['juːsfəl]adjective <invention/tool/information> útil; < experience> útil, provechosothat's a useful thing to know — viene bien or es útil saberlo
to come in useful — (BrE) ser* útil, venir* bien
to make oneself useful — ayudar, echar una mano
come on, make yourself useful — venga, ayuda en algo
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adjective1) nützlich; praktisch [Werkzeug, Gerät, Auto]; brauchbar [Rat, Idee, Wörterbuch]; hilfreich [Gespräch, Rat, Idee]this is useful to know — das ist gut zu wissen
be useful to somebody — jemandem od. für jemanden nützlich sein; jemandem nützen
* * *adjective (helpful or serving a purpose well: a useful toolionary; She made herself useful by doing the washing for her mother.) nützlich* * *use·ful[ˈju:sfəl]let him mow the lawn, he likes to feel \useful lass ihn den Rasen mähen, er hat gerne das Gefühl, gebraucht zu werdendo the exercises serve any \useful purpose? sind diese Übungen für irgendetwas gut?\useful bits of information nützliche [o wertvolle] Informationento make oneself \useful sich akk nützlich machenSpanish is a very \useful language to know es ist sehr vorteilhaft, Spanisch zu könnenthat voucher could come in \useful when we go shopping wir können den Gutschein vielleicht gut gebrauchen, wenn wir einkaufen gehento prove \useful sich akk als nützlich erweisenaspirins are \useful for headaches Aspirin hilft gegen Kopfschmerzenthe TV has a \useful life of ten years die Lebensdauer des Fernsehers beträgt zehn Jahrehe's a \useful teacher/tennis player er ist ein fähiger Lehrer/versierter Tennisspielerhe's a \useful person to have if you get into trouble es ist ganz gut, ihn zu kennen, wenn man in Schwierigkeiten geräthe plays a \useful hand of bridge er spielt ziemlich gut Bridgeto be \useful with a gun/knife gut mit der Schusswaffe/dem Messer umgehen könnento be \useful with one's hands handwerklich geschickt sein* * *['juːsfUl]adj1) nützlich; person, citizen, contribution, addition wertvoll, nützlich; (= handy) tool, language praktisch, nützlich; size zweckmäßig; discussion fruchtbar; life, employment nutzbringendit is useful for him to be able to... — das ist günstig or praktisch, dass er... kann
he likes to feel useful —
thank you, you've been very useful — vielen Dank, Sie haben mir/uns etc sehr geholfen
we spent a useful week in London —
that's a useful thing to know —
the machine has reached the end of its useful life — die Maschine hat das Ende ihrer Nutzungsdauer erreicht
you may find it useful to discuss the problem with your doctor — es könnte hilfreich sein, wenn Sie das Problem mit Ihrem Arzt besprechen würden
they ought to be doing something useful with their time — sie sollten etwas Sinnvolles mit ihrer Zeit anfangen
he's quite useful with a gun/his fists — er kann ziemlich gut mit der Pistole/seinen Fäusten umgehen
* * *useful [ˈjuːsfʊl] adj (adv usefully)1. nützlich, brauchbar, (zweck)dienlich, zweckmäßig, (gut) verwendbar:a useful man ein brauchbarer Mann;useful talks nützliche Gespräche;make o.s. useful sich nützlich machenuseful current Wirkstrom m;useful efficiency Nutzleistung f;useful load Nutzlast f;useful plant Nutzpflanze f* * *adjective1) nützlich; praktisch [Werkzeug, Gerät, Auto]; brauchbar [Rat, Idee, Wörterbuch]; hilfreich [Gespräch, Rat, Idee]he is a useful person to know — es ist nützlich, ihn zu kennen
be useful to somebody — jemandem od. für jemanden nützlich sein; jemandem nützen
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{'ju:sful}
1. полезен, от полза (to, for за)
USEFUL load полезен товар (на самолет и пр.)
to make oneself USEFUL разшетвам се, помагам, върша нещо полезно
2. разг. добър, ценен, сръчен, оправен
3. резултатен, успешен* * *{'ju:sful} а 1. полезен, от полза (to, for за); useful load полезен* * *a полезен;come in USEFUL влизам в работа;useful; а 1. полезен, от полза (to, for за); useful load полезен товар(на самолет и пр.); to* * *1. to make oneself useful разшетвам се, помагам, върша нещо полезно 2. useful load полезен товар (на самолет и пр.) 3. полезен, от полза (to, for за) 4. разг. добър, ценен, сръчен, оправен 5. резултатен, успешен* * *useful[´ju:sful] adj 1. полезен, от полза (to, for), ефективен; the \useful arts полезните изкуства; \useful effect тех. полезно действие; to make o.s. \useful разшетвам се; it will come in very \useful ще влезе в работа; 2. sl добър, способен, сръчен, похватен; modern aeroplanes travel at a pretty \useful speed най-новите самолети се движат с доста голяма скорост; to be pretty \useful with зная да си служа с; FONT face=Times_Deutsch◊ adv usefully. -
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let him mow the lawn, he likes to feel \useful lass ihn den Rasen mähen, er hat gerne das Gefühl, gebraucht zu werden;do the exercises serve any \useful purpose? sind diese Übungen für irgendetwas gut?;\useful bits of information nützliche [o wertvolle] Informationen;to make oneself \useful sich akk nützlich machen;Spanish is a very \useful language to know es ist sehr vorteilhaft, Spanisch zu können;that voucher could come in \useful when we go shopping wir können den Gutschein vielleicht gut gebrauchen, wenn wir einkaufen gehen;to prove \useful sich akk als nützlich erweisen;aspirins are \useful for headaches Aspirin hilft gegen Kopfschmerzen;the TV has a \useful life of ten years die Lebensdauer des Fernsehers beträgt zehn Jahrehe's a \useful teacher/ tennis player er ist ein fähiger Lehrer/versierter Tennisspieler;he's a \useful person to have if you get into trouble es ist ganz gut, ihn zu kennen, wenn man in Schwierigkeiten gerät;he plays a \useful hand of bridge er spielt ziemlich gut Bridge;to be \useful with a gun/ knife gut mit der Schusswaffe/dem Messer umgehen können;to be \useful with one's hands handwerklich geschickt sein -
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1. a полезный, пригодныйmultiply useful objects — каждый предмет, полезный по-своему
2. a разг. способный3. a практическийСинонимический ряд:1. good (adj.) advantageous; appropriate; befitting; benefic; beneficial; brave; convenient; effectual; efficacious; expedient; favorable; favoring; fit; good; helpful; meet; profitable; proper; propitious; suitable; tailor-made; toward2. helpful (adj.) advantageous; beneficent; beneficial; benignant; favourable; helpful; propitious; salutary3. practical (adj.) effective; functional; handy; practicable; practical; serviceable; utile; utilitarian; valuable; workable; worthwhileАнтонимический ряд:burdensome; cumbersome; disadvantageous; fruitless; hostile; ineffectual; unprofitable; useless; worthless -
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[ʹju:sf(ə)l] a1. полезный, пригодныйthe book was very useful to me - книга очень мне помогла /пригодилась/
stop complaining and make yourself useful - перестань жаловаться и займись чем-нибудь полезным /и помоги нам/
useful area - спец. живое сечение
useful work - тех. полезная работа
useful life - тех. срок службы, долговечность ( агрегата)
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13 useful **** use·ful adj
['juːsfʊl]1) (gen) utileto make o.s. useful — rendersi utile
to come in useful — fare comodo, tornare utile
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1 სასარგებლო, მარგებელიa useful book/thing სასარგებლო წიგნი/ნივთი2 გამოსადეგი -
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[A]UTILIS (-E)UTIBILIS (-E)USURPABILIS (-E)UTENSILIS (-E)APTUS (-A -UM)COMMODUS (-A -UM)CONMODUS (-A -UM)SALUTARIS (-E)PANCHRESTUS (-A -UM)PANCHRISTUS (-A -UM)FRUGIOPORTUNUS (-A -UM)SALATARIS (-IS -E)- BE USEFUL- IT IS USEFUL- VERY USEFUL -
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ˈju:sful прил.
1) полезный, пригодный A combinatory dictionary is useful for (или to) students. ≈ Словарь сочетаемости полезен для студентов. Computers are useful in compiling statistics. ≈ Компьютеры помогают при сборе информации/данных. It's useful to know several foreign languages when you are traveling abroad. ≈ Если вы путешествуете за границей, полезно знать несколько иностранных языков. useful effect ≈ полезное действие, отдача Syn: helpful, of use
2) разг. способный;
успешный;
весьма похвальный полезный, пригодный - the book was very * to me книга очень мне помогла - to make oneself * приносить пользу - stop complaining and make yoirself * перестань жаловаться и займись чем-нибудь полезным - * area (специальное) живое сечение - * work (техническое) полезная работа - * life (техническое) срок службы, долговечность( агрегата) (разговорное) способный - he is a * footballer он способный футболист практический - * arts прикладные искусства useful выгодный ~ используемый ~ полезный, пригодный;
useful effect тех. полезное действие, отдача ~ полезный ~ пригодный ~ разг. способный;
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Social1 Greetings and other useful phrasesDon't mention it. Non c'è di che.Good morning! Buongiorno!Morning! Giorno!Good afternoon! Buongiorno!/Buonasera!Good evening. Buonasera.Goodnight Buonanotte.How are you doing? Come va?How are things? Come vanno le cose?What's up? Come va?How do you do? Piacere!Pleased to meet you. Lieto di fare la Sua conoscenza.I'm very well, thank you. Sto molto bene, grazie.Not bad, and you? Non c'è male, e tu?See you later! Arrivederci!See you soon. A presto.See you in a while. Ci vediamo tra un po'.Bye-bye Ciao.Cheerio Ciao.Take care. Stammi bene.Hello there! Ehi, ciao!Hi there! Ehi, ciao!There you go! Prego!My pleasure! Prego!You're welcome. Prego.That's fine. Va bene.No problem. Non c'è problema.No worries. Non preoccuparti.Thank you! Grazie!Thank you so much. Grazie infinite.Thanks a lot! Grazie mille!That's very kind of you. È molto gentile da parte vostra.Cheers, mate! Grazie!Excuse me! Mi scusi!Pardon me! Scusi!Sorry about that. Mi dispiace.I'm very sorry. Sono desolata.Happy Christmas! Buon Natale!Happy New Year! Buon anno!Happy Easter! Buona Pasqua!Good luck! Buona fortuna!Well done! Bravo!English-Italian dictionary > -Greetings and other useful phrases-
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18 полезный
useful, helpful, efficient, valuable, of use• Аналогия иногда бывает полезной для понимания... - An analogy is sometimes useful in understanding...• Более полезной для наших целей формой уравнения (1) является... - A form of (l) more useful for our purposes is...• В принципе, могло бы быть полезным... - In principle it may be advantageous to...• Возможно, будет полезна одна грубая аналогия. - Perhaps a rough analogy will help.• Далее, мы можем извлечь полезную информацию, изучая... - We can then obtain useful information by studying...• Данное обозначение полезно, поскольку... - This notation is useful because...• Данный результат окажется полезным при обсуждении... - This result will prove useful in the discussion of...• Для многих целей уравнение (10) полезно именно в том виде, в котором оно приведено. - For many purposes, equation (10) is useful as it stands.• Из... можно вывести много полезных результатов. - Many useful results may be deduced from...• Иногда оказывается полезной следующая альтернативная формулировка. - The following alternative formulation is sometimes useful.• Интересным и полезным фактом является то, что... - The interesting and useful fact is that...• Некоторые из них могут оказаться не такими полезными как другие, поскольку... - Some of these may not be as useful as others, because...• Несколько более полезная диаграмма получается... - A somewhat more useful design curve is obtained by...• Одна полезная аппроксимация получается... - A useful approximation is obtained by...• Однако в равной мере полезным представлением является... - An equally useful representation, however, is...• Подобные решения наиболее полезны для вычисления... - Such solutions are most useful for calculating...• Последний результат особенно полезен для задач, включающих... - The above result is particularly useful for problems involving...• Простое, но полезное следствие теоремы 1 состоит в том, что... - A simple but useful consequence of Theorem 1 is that...• Результат, представленный формулой (9), очень полезен при выводе свойств (чего-л). - The result (9) is very useful for deducing properties of...• Теперь мы обсудим полезное преобразование... - We now discuss a useful transformation of...• Теперь мы получим полезный критерий для... - We now obtain a useful criterion for...• Часто бывает полезным уточнить... - It is often useful to specify...• Читателю будет полезно помнить, что... - The reader will find it helpful to keep in mind that. '..• Чтобы..., обычно полезно... - It is usually advantageous to...• Эта форма особенно полезна для получения... - This form is particularly useful for obtaining...• Это весьма полезная аналогия. - This is a very useful analogy.• Это не особо полезное определение, так как... - This is not a particularly useful definition, since...• Это полезное определение, поскольку... - This is a useful definition because...• Это соотношение часто бывает полезным, поскольку оно обеспечивает... - This expression is often useful because it provides...• Этот результат полезен лишь тогда, когда... - This result is useful only when...• простой и полезный критерий... - a simple and useful criterion -
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1. adj usefulin tempo utile within the time limit2. m finance profitunire l'utile al dilettevole combine business with pleasureutile netto net profitutile d'esercizio operating profit* * *utile agg.1 useful; helpful; (fam.) handy: avvertimenti utili, useful warnings; consiglio utile, helpful advice; credo utile farlo al più presto, I think it advisable to do it as soon as possible; il suo aiuto si è rivelato molto utile, his help has proved to be very useful; questo arnese è molto utile, this gadget is very useful (o handy); rendersi utile, to make oneself useful: cerca di renderti utile in questo lavoro, try and make yourself useful in this job // tornar utile, to come in handy: l'esperienza in quell'azienda mi è tornata utile, my experience with that firm has come in very useful // posso esserle utile in qlco.?, ( in un negozio) can I help you? // in tempo utile, in time (o duly) // (amm.): il tempo utile per la presentazione delle domande è scaduto, the term for sending in applications has elapsed; termine utile, term (o due date) // (fin.) investimento utile, profitable investmentutile s.m.1 (econ.) profit, benefit; ( interesse) interest; ( guadagni) gains (pl.), earnings (pl.); ( reddito) income; ( eccedenza) surplus: utile al lordo delle imposte, before tax profit; utile consolidato, consolidated surplus; utili correnti, current profits; utile d'esercizio, di gestione, operating income (o profit); utili di impresa, societari, company (o corporate) profits; utile lordo, gross profit (o earnings); utile lordo sulle vendite, gross profit on sales; utile netto, net profit; utili non distribuiti, earned surplus (o retained profits o undistributed profits); utili distribuibili, distributable profits; utile imponibile, tassabile, assessable profit (o taxable income); margine di utile lordo, mark-on (o spread); pianificazione degli utili, profit planning; produrre, dare un utile del 5%, to yield a five per cent profit // (fin.): utili di capitale ( plusvalenze), capital gains; utili finanziari, non-trading (o non-operating) profits; utili reinvestiti, ploughback profits; utile sul capitale investito, return on investment // (Borsa) utili da intermediazione, jobbing profits2 (fig.) profit: non ne traggo alcun utile, I don't get any profit out of it // unire l'utile al dilettevole, to join pleasure and profit.* * *['utile]1. agg(gen) useful, (consiglio, persona) helpfulmi è stato molto utile — (oggetto) it came in very handy, it was very useful
grazie per la guida, mi è stata molto utile — thanks for the guide book, it was very useful
posso esserle utile? — can I help you?, can I be of help?
rendersi utile — to make o.s. useful
2. sm1)2) (vantaggio) advantage, benefit, Econ profit* * *['utile] 1.aggettivo useful, helpful, handyessere utile a qcn. — to be of use to sb., to be useful to sb.
2.tornare o venire utile per qcn., qcs. to come in handy for sb., sth.; in tempo utile — duly, in time
sostantivo maschile1) (vantaggio) profit, advantage2) econ. profit, earnings pl.dare utile — to bring in o yield a profit
utile lordo, netto — gross, net profit
mancati -i — loss of income o earnings
* * *utile/'utile/useful, helpful, handy; essere utile a qcn. to be of use to sb., to be useful to sb.; le informazioni non ci furono molto -i the information was of little help to us; rendersi utile to make oneself useful; posso esserle utile? can I help you? tornare o venire utile per qcn., qcs. to come in handy for sb., sth.; in tempo utile duly, in time1 (vantaggio) profit, advantage; unire l'utile al dilettevole to mix business with pleasure2 econ. profit, earnings pl.; dare utile to bring in o yield a profit; utile lordo, netto gross, net profit; mancati -i loss of income o earnings; compartecipazione agli -i profit sharing. -
20 nützlich
Adj. useful; Rat, Person etc.: helpful; (dienlich) auch handy; sich nützlich machen make o.s. useful; er / es könnte dir nützlich sein he / it might be of some use to you; sich als nützlich erweisen prove (to be) very useful; angenehm* * *profitable; salutary; serviceable; beneficial; expedient; beneficing; helpful; useful; good* * *nụ̈tz|lich ['nʏtslɪç]adjuseful; Hinweis, Wissen, Kenntnisse, Buch auch helpfuler könnte dir eines Tages sehr nützlich werden — he might be very useful to you one day
kann ich Ihnen nützlich sein? — may I be of service to you?
* * *1) (having good effects: Fresh air is beneficial to your health.) beneficial2) (helpful or serving a purpose well: a useful toolionary; She made herself useful by doing the washing for her mother.) useful3) (in a useful way: He spent the day usefully in repairing the car.) usefully4) (useful rather than ornamental: Our plates and glasses are utilitarian rather than beautiful.) utilitarian* * *nütz·lich[ˈnʏtslɪç]1. (nutzbringend) useful▪ [jdm] \nützlich sein/werden to be useful [to sb]er leistet viel N\nützliches his work is very usefuldas N\nützliche mit dem Angenehmen verbinden to combine business with pleasureder Vorschlag enthält nichts N\nützliches the proposal doesn't include anything of any use2. (hilfreich) helpful▪ [jdm] \nützlich sein to be helpful [to sb]* * *Adjektiv useful* * *sich nützlich machen make o.s. useful;er/es könnte dir nützlich sein he/it might be of some use to you;* * *Adjektiv useful* * *adj.advantageous adj.beneficial adj.expedient adj.handy adj.helpful adj.useful adj. adv.beneficially adv.profitably adv.serviceably adv.
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useful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways. 2) informal very able or competent. DERIVATIVES usefully adverb usefulness noun … English terms dictionary
Useful space principle — The Useful Space Principle, or USP , was first articulated in a series of six articles in The Bridge World, from November 1980 through April 1981. (The International Bridge Press Association awarded its 1981/1982 award for Best Article or Series… … Wikipedia
very — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Very is used with these nouns: ↑antithesis, ↑brink, ↑centre, ↑core, ↑corner, ↑day, ↑edge, ↑end, ↑essence, ↑existence, ↑fundamentals, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
useful — adjective 1》 able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways. 2》 Brit. informal very able or competent. Phrases make oneself useful do something that is of some value or benefit. Derivatives usefully adverb usefulness noun … English new terms dictionary