utility

Etymology
From, from , , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
 * 2) Something that is useful.
 * 3)  The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
 * 4)  Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
 * 5)  A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
 * 6)  A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
 * 7)  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.
 * 1)  The ability to play multiple positions.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  The ability to play multiple positions.
 * 1)  The ability to play multiple positions.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: utilitat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: utileco
 * Estonian: kasulikkus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მნიშვნელოვნება, მნიშვნელობა
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , hasznavehetőség
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 有用性,
 * Latin: utilitas
 * Middle English: utilite
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: math
 * Slovak: úžitok
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: поле́зная вещь
 * Scottish Gaelic: math
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: (adjective)


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: käyttöarvo, utiliteetti
 * Hungarian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: dahat


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , , , közüzemi szolgáltató, ,  közműrészvény
 * Italian: ,
 * Spanish: proveedor de servicios
 * Swedish:, tjänsteleverantör, specific public utilities: , , värmeverk and other compounds with


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: apuohjelma
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ユーティリティ
 * Polish: program użytkowy
 * Russian: обслу́живающая програ́мма,
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Finnish:

Adjective

 * 1) Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
 * utility line; utility bill
 * 1) (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
 * 1) Functional rather than attractive.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , note
 * See also Thesaurus:utility