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English adjective: utility | |||
| 1. | utility used of beef; usable but inferior | ||
| Synonyms | utility-grade | ||
| Similar | inferior | ||
| Antonyms | superior | ||
| 2. | utility capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | ||
| Samples | A utility infielder. | ||
| Synonyms | substitute | ||
| Similar | secondary | ||
| Antonyms | primary | ||
English noun: utility | |||
| 1. | utility (group) a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | ||
| Synonyms | public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | service | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bus company, bus service, electric company, gas company, gas service, light company, phone company, phone service, power company, power service, telco, telephone company, telephone service, water company, waterworks | ||
| 2. | utility (attribute) the quality of being of practical use | ||
| Synonyms | usefulness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | detergence, detergency, function, helpfulness, instrumentality, practicability, practicableness, practicality, purpose, role, serviceability, serviceableness, usability, usableness, use, use, useableness | ||
| Attribute | useful, useless, utile | ||
| Antonyms | inutility, unusefulness, uselessness | ||
| 3. | utility (act) the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility | ||
| Samples | The cost of utilities never decreases. All the utilities were lost after the hurricane. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | service | ||
| 4. | utility (quantity) (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metric, system of measurement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | marginal utility | ||
| Domain category | economic science, economics, political economy | ||
| 5. | utility (communication) (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | ||
| Samples | A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users. | ||
| Synonyms | service program, utility program | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | device driver, diagnostic program, driver, input program, output program, sort program, sorting program, trace program | ||
| Part holonym | service routine, utility routine | ||
| Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
| 6. | utility (artifact) 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 or electricity or water or sewage disposal | ||
| Samples | The price of the house included all utilities. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | facility, installation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | electrical plant, electrical system, heat, heating, heating plant, heating system, plumbing, plumbing system | ||
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