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To prove to be useful or helpful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Examples
- Even though he doesn't really know how to use them, he keeps the tools around, figuring they might come in handy someday.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
be useful for a certain purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
ser útil
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Chinese Mandarin:
派上用場 /派上用场
(pài shàng yòngchǎng)
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Danish:
få brug for
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Danish:
blive/være nyttig
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Dutch:
van pas komen
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Finnish:
tarvita
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Finnish:
olla hyödyksi
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Finnish:
olla käyttöä
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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French:
être utile
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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German:
zustatten kommen
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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German:
gelegen kommen
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Hungarian:
kapóra jön
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Hungarian:
jól jön
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Hungarian:
hasznára válik
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Hungarian:
hasznos
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Hungarian:
(jól) használható
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Icelandic:
koma að góðum notum
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Icelandic:
koma að gagni
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Icelandic:
koma sér vel
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Italian:
fare comodo
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Japanese:
役に立つ
(yaku ni tatsu)
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Japanese:
役立つ
(yakudatsu)
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Norwegian Bokmål:
være god å ha
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Norwegian Bokmål:
være til nytte
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Norwegian Bokmål:
komme til nytte
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Polish:
przydawać się
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Polish:
przydać się
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Portuguese:
vir a calhar
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Russian:
быть кста́ти
(bytʹ kstáti)
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Russian:
пригоди́ться
(prigodítʹsja)
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Spanish:
ser útil
— to prove to be useful or helpful
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Swedish:
komma väl till pass
— to prove to be useful or helpful