DICTOMETER

UTILITY

(utility, utilidad, nytte)

1. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   • Public utility
   • Public utility company
   • Public-service corporation
   Definitions:
   • a company that performs a public service
   • subject to government regulation
   Antonyms:
   inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   • Usefulness
   Definitions:
   • the quality of being of practical use
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   Definitions:
   • the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
   Examples:
   • The cost of utilities never decreases
   • All the utilities were lost after the hurricane
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   Definitions:
   • (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Utility program
   • Utility
   • Service program
   Definitions:
   • (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
   Examples:
   • A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   Definitions:
   • 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
   Examples:
   • The price of the house included all utilities
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   • Utility-grade
   Definitions:
   • used of beef
   • usable but inferior
   Antonyms:
   • Superior
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Utility
   • Substitute
   Definitions:
   • capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
   Examples:
   • A utility infielder
   Antonyms:
   • Primary