noun, adjective
noun (plural utilities)
1 [C] (especially AmE) a service provided for the public, for example an electricity, water or gas supply:
the administration of public utilities * Rescue teams worked desperately to restore utilities in the area shattered by the hurricane.
2 [U] (formal) the quality of being useful:
This information is of the highest utility to a historian.
3 [C] (computing) a piece of computer SOFTWARE that performs a particular task
adjective [onlybeforenoun] that can be used for several different purposes:
a utility vehicle * an all-round utility player (= one who can play equally well in several different positions, for example in football)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for utility is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does utility appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — utility appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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