useful
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈjuːsfl/US /ˈjuːsfl/
Meaning
adjective
that can help you to do or achieve what you want
“a useful tool”
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“for the robot to navigate the real world and do useful things”
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“patents are mostly useful in in a”
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“Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die.”
📺 Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement AddressLearn this word in the video →
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