useful

useful
use|ful [ `jusfəl ] adjective ***
helpful for doing or achieving something:
Here's some useful information about travel in Canada.
a useful tool/technique/gadget
Her book is a useful contribution to our understanding of how Mozart worked.
useful to: I was useful to them because I could speak French.
useful for: That basket would be useful for picnics.
useful for doing something: Old pictures are useful for seeing how people used to dress.
useful (for someone) to do something: Thanks. It's useful to know that.
Would it be useful for you to ask us some questions?
come in useful BRITISH
to be helpful in a particular situation
the end of someone's/something's useful life
the state of being old or damaged and no longer useful:
The heating system has come to the end of its useful life.
make yourself useful SPOKEN
to do something to help:
Could you make yourself useful and get Jenny some coffee?

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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