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Definition of "utile" []

  • Useful. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "utile" in a sentence
  • "The mode of knowledge and education with which Gilchrist initially locates value is that of the practical, the "utile," but this figuration does not come at the expense of leisured contemplation, the "dulce.""
  • "The rebels have stormed over the parts of Zairean territory that mining companies describe as 'utile' (useful) - the fertile east and the mineral-rich south, source of the country's incalculable and still largely unexploited riches."
  • "Now in command of the 'utile' part of the country, Kabila has to decide whether he should move on what the mineralogists regard as the 'inutile' (useless) part - the chaotic and largely economically worthless quarter that includes the capital Kinshasa."