"useful" meaning in English

See useful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈjuːsfəl/ Audio: en-us-useful.ogg [US] Forms: useful [positive], more useful [comparative], most useful [superlative]
Etymology: use + -ful Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|use|ful}} use + -ful Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. good for a purpose. If something is useful it can be used for something.
    Sense id: simple-useful-en-adj-W1QHEDuP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ful
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