word-vault/dist/data/cards/ut/utility.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "utility",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a service provided for the public, for example an electricity, water or gas supply",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)especially British Englishespecially North American English(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English also)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a privatized electricity utility"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rescue teams worked desperately to restore utilities in the area shattered by the hurricane."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Legislation will be introduced to regulate the privatized utilities."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["municipal", "public", "state-owned"],
                "utility + noun": ["company", "bill", "commission"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the quality of being useful",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This information is of the highest utility to a historian."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He argued that the arts have great social utility."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This computer is of low utility for the home user."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "usefulness",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "limited"],
                "verb + utility": ["have", "maximize", "enhance"],
                "preposition": ["of… utility"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a piece of computer software that performs a particular task",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juːˈtɪləti/",
                "audio": "ut/utility/utility__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juːˈtɪləti/",
                "audio": "ut/utility/utility__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French utilite, from Latin utilitas, from utilis ‘useful’."
}