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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "use",
"3": "ful",
"pos": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "use + -ful",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From use + -ful.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more useful",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "usefuller",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most useful",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "usefullest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "more",
"2": "usefuller"
},
"expansion": "useful (comparative more useful or usefuller, superlative most useful or usefullest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unuseful"
},
{
"word": "useless"
},
{
"word": "harmful"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "come in useful"
},
{
"word": "time of useful consciousness"
},
{
"word": "unuseful"
},
{
"word": "useful as a chocolate teapot"
},
{
"word": "useful as tits on a bull"
},
{
"word": "useful idiot"
},
{
"word": "usefully"
},
{
"word": "usefulness"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743",
"text": "In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist",
"text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having a practical or beneficial use."
],
"id": "en-useful-en-adj-FSHq1Iwh",
"links": [
[
"practical",
"practical"
],
[
"beneficial",
"beneficial"
],
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "noteful"
},
{
"word": "serviceable"
},
{
"word": "utilitarian"
},
{
"word": "utile"
},
{
"word": "usefull"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nuttig"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "dobishëm"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mufīd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "مُفِيد"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nāfiʕ",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "نَافِع"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mufīd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "مفيد"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "lazımlı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "faydalı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "xeyirli"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "karýsny",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "кары́сны"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "beboharjoggo",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ব্যবহারযোগ্য"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polézen",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "поле́зен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jau⁵ jung⁶",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "有用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒuyòng",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "有用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "實用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíyòng",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "实用"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "užitečný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tjenlig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nuttig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "bruikbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "dienstig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utila"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "kasulik"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nýttigur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "hyödyllinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "käytännöllinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utile"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasargeblo",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "სასარგებლო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "margebeli",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "მარგებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamosadegi",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "გამოსადეგი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "vargisi",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ვარგისი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nützlich"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bruks",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "waurstweigs",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chrísimos",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "χρήσιμος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khrḗsimos",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "χρήσιμος"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "itil"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shimushí",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "שִׁמּוּשִׁי"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mo'íl",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "מוֹעִיל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "upyogī",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "उपयोगी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "upkārī",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "उपकारी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "hasznos"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "gagnlegur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utila"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "berguna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "úsáideach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "acrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utile"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうよう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūyō",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "有用"
},
{
"alt": "べんり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "benri",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "便利"
},
{
"alt": "やくにたつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yaku ni tatsu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "役に立つ"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "jeitozu"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yuyonghada",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "유용하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doumi doeda",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "도움이 되다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "besûd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "بەسوود"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bekellk",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "بەکەڵک"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "be desd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "بە دەسد"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thūa pai",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ທົ່ວໄປ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ūtilis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "derīgs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "naudingas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "sënnvoll"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "berguna"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "whaihua"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xeregtej",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "хэрэгтэй"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tjenlig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tenleg"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "util"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nytt"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sudmand",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "سودمند"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mofêd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "مفید"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "deenstboa"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nutzboa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "pożyteczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "przydatny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "użyteczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "util"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "folositor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "trebuincios"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poléznyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "поле́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prigódnyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "приго́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "praktíčnyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "практи́чный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "nelíšnij",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "нели́шний"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "goireasach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "koristan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "употрѐбљив"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "upotrèbljiv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "užitočný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "uporaben"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "tuzalu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "тузалу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "faida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "användbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tjänlig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "makabuluhan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "may bisa"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "upayōgakaramu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ఉపయోగకరము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprà-yòot",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ประโยชน์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "faydalı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "yararlı"
},
{
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "aogaa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "korýsnyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "кори́сний"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "bolmaq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "có ích"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "buddiol"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nuttich"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nutsik",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "נוציק"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nutslekh",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "נוצלעך"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nitslekh",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ניצלעך"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuːsfəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjuːsfl̩]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjusfəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjusfl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjʉːːsfəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjʉːːsfl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-useful.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-useful.ogg/En-us-useful.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-useful.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "useful"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "come in useful"
},
{
"word": "time of useful consciousness"
},
{
"word": "unuseful"
},
{
"word": "useful as a chocolate teapot"
},
{
"word": "useful as tits on a bull"
},
{
"word": "useful idiot"
},
{
"word": "usefully"
},
{
"word": "usefulness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "use",
"3": "ful",
"pos": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "use + -ful",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From use + -ful.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more useful",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "usefuller",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most useful",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "usefullest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "more",
"2": "usefuller"
},
"expansion": "useful (comparative more useful or usefuller, superlative most useful or usefullest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unuseful"
},
{
"word": "useless"
},
{
"word": "harmful"
}
],
"categories": [
"Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743",
"text": "In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist",
"text": "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having a practical or beneficial use."
],
"links": [
[
"practical",
"practical"
],
[
"beneficial",
"beneficial"
],
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "noteful"
},
{
"word": "serviceable"
},
{
"word": "utilitarian"
},
{
"word": "utile"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjuːsfəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjuːsfl̩]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjusfəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjusfl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjʉːːsfəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjʉːːsfl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-useful.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-useful.ogg/En-us-useful.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-useful.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "usefull"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nuttig"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "dobishëm"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mufīd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "مُفِيد"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nāfiʕ",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "نَافِع"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mufīd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "مفيد"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "lazımlı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "faydalı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "xeyirli"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "karýsny",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "кары́сны"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "beboharjoggo",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ব্যবহারযোগ্য"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polézen",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "поле́зен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jau⁵ jung⁶",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "有用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒuyòng",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "有用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "實用"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíyòng",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "实用"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "užitečný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tjenlig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nuttig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "bruikbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "dienstig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utila"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "kasulik"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nýttigur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "hyödyllinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "käytännöllinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utile"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasargeblo",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "სასარგებლო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "margebeli",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "მარგებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamosadegi",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "გამოსადეგი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "vargisi",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ვარგისი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nützlich"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bruks",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "waurstweigs",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chrísimos",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "χρήσιμος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khrḗsimos",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "χρήσιμος"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "itil"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shimushí",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "שִׁמּוּשִׁי"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mo'íl",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "מוֹעִיל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "upyogī",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "उपयोगी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "upkārī",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "उपकारी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "hasznos"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "gagnlegur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utila"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "berguna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "úsáideach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "acrach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "utile"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうよう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūyō",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "有用"
},
{
"alt": "べんり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "benri",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "便利"
},
{
"alt": "やくにたつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yaku ni tatsu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "役に立つ"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "jeitozu"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yuyonghada",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "유용하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doumi doeda",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "도움이 되다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "besûd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "بەسوود"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bekellk",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "بەکەڵک"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "be desd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "بە دەسد"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thūa pai",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ທົ່ວໄປ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ūtilis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "derīgs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "naudingas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "sënnvoll"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "berguna"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "whaihua"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xeregtej",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "хэрэгтэй"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tjenlig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tenleg"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "util"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nytt"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sudmand",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "سودمند"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mofêd",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "مفید"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "deenstboa"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nutzboa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "pożyteczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "przydatny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "użyteczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "util"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "folositor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "trebuincios"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poléznyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "поле́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prigódnyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "приго́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "praktíčnyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "практи́чный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "nelíšnij",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "нели́шний"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "goireasach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "koristan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "употрѐбљив"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "upotrèbljiv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "užitočný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "uporaben"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "tuzalu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "тузалу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "útil"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "faida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nyttig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "användbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "tjänlig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "makabuluhan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "may bisa"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "upayōgakaramu",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ఉపయోగకరము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprà-yòot",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ประโยชน์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "faydalı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "yararlı"
},
{
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "aogaa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "korýsnyj",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "кори́сний"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "bolmaq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "có ích"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "buddiol"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "nuttich"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nutsik",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "נוציק"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nutslekh",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "נוצלעך"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nitslekh",
"sense": "having a practical or beneficial use",
"word": "ניצלעך"
}
],
"word": "useful"
}
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