utile
/ˈjuː.taɪl/
utile adjective: useful.
Adjective
utile (comparative more utile, superlative most utile)
- Useful.
- technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets […]1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 16
- Antonyms:
- inutile
Noun
utile (plural utiles)
- A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
- Rational agents always maximize the number of utiles procured; that is, they will always choose those outcomes which promise to produce the most utiles.2002, Louis Groarke, The Good Rebel: Understanding Freedom and Morality, →ISBN, page 29
- [T]he ‘happiness utile’ does not exist, at least not yet.2006, "Economic Roundup Autumn 2006," www.treasury.gov.au (Australian Government Treasury) (retrieved 20 Oct 2013)
Synonyms of utile
Antonyms
Forms of utile
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more utile |
| superlative | most utile |
| Noun | |
| plural | utiles |
Origin of utile
From Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis.
Words formed from utile
Questions about utile
- What does utile mean?
- Utile means useful.
- What part of speech is utile?
- Utile can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce utile?
- Utile is pronounced /ˈjuː.taɪl/ (UK).
Words near utile in the dictionary
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