"usefulness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjuːsfəlnəs/ Audio: en-us-usefulness.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: usefulnesses [plural]
Etymology: useful + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|useful|ness}} useful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} usefulness (countable and uncountable, plural usefulnesses)
  1. The quality or degree of being useful. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: utility Related terms: beauty Translations (quality of being useful): օգտակարություն (ōgtakarutʻyun) (Armenian), utilitat [feminine] (Catalan), 效用 (xiàoyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 用處 (Chinese Mandarin), 用处 (yòngchu) (Chinese Mandarin), užitečnost [feminine] (Czech), bruikbaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), Ax-x:W-Y1:Z2 (ꜣḫw) (Egyptian), utilo (Esperanto), utileco (Esperanto), hyödyllisyys (Finnish), utilité [feminine] (French), utilidade [feminine] (Galician), ვარგისობა (vargisoba) (Georgian), გამოყენებადობა (gamoq̇enebadoba) (Georgian), Nützlichkeit [feminine] (German), χρησιμότητα (chrisimótita) [feminine] (Greek), उपयोगिता (upyogitā) [feminine] (Hindi), gagnsemi [feminine] (Icelandic), 有用性 (yūyōsei) (alt: ゆうようせい) (Japanese), utilitas [feminine] (Latin), പ്രയോജനം (prayōjanaṁ) (Malayalam), maana [class-10, class-9] (Mwali Comorian), nytnes [feminine] (Old English), użyteczność [feminine] (Polish), utilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), utilitate [feminine] (Romanian), поле́зность (poléznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), užitočnosť [feminine] (Slovak), utilidad [feminine] (Spanish)

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