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useful

adj
/ˈjuːsfl̩/UK/ˈjusfl̩/CA/ˈjʉːsfəl/

Etymology

From use + -ful.

  1. derived from uti — “to use”
  2. derived from uso — “use”
  3. derived from user — “use, employ, practice”
  4. inherited from usen
  5. derived from ūsus — “use, custom, skill, habit”
  6. derived from us
  7. inherited from use
  8. suffixed as useful — “use + ful”

Definitions

  1. Having a practical or beneficial use.

    • prove useful
    • practically useful
    • That’s a very useful tool for gardeners.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at useful. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at useful. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at useful

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA