Collocations for "useful"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "useful" in context.
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useful
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- useful [information, discovery, evidence]
- is useful to me
- is useful in the [production, fabrication, process] of
- is useful in [determining, developing, helping]
- is useful when [determining]
- that [information] is (very) useful
- useful and [informative, important, interesting, relevant]
- not very useful or [informative]
- neither useful nor [beautiful, interesting, necessary]
- is useful as [evidence, a tool]
- is useful [in the workplace, at home]
- useful life lessons
- [could, will, might] be useful (in the future)
- have been most useful
- [particularly, especially, extremely] useful
- found [this, it] to be very useful
- is no longer useful (to me)
- has [exhausted, exceeded] its useful life
'useful' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):