See utility in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "virtue"
},
{
"sense": "state of being useful",
"word": "note"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"utility (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "utility"
}
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