# useful

Pronunciation: say "YOOS-ful" US /ˈjusfl̩/, UK /ˈjuːsfl̩/, AUS /ˈjʉːːsfəl/

## Adjective

1. Able to be put to practical use or to bring some benefit.
   - Simple: Able to help you do something or solve a problem.
   - _The instructions proved useful when I assembled the bookshelf._
   - _She offered several useful suggestions during the planning meeting._
2. Competent to a fair degree at some activity, most often a sport. *(colloquial, UK)*
   - Simple: Quite good at doing something, especially a sport.
   - _Their new signing is a useful midfielder who can also cover at full-back._
   - _She was a useful cricketer at school and still turns out for the local club in summer._

## Origin

Formed from "use" combined with the suffix "-ful".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/useful (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).