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serviceable [ˈsɜːvɪsəbəl] adj
1. capable of or ready for service; usable 2. capable of giving good service; durable 3. Archaic diligent in service serviceability , serviceableness n serviceably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
serviceable adjective useful, practical, efficient, helpful, profitable, convenient, operative, beneficial, functional, durable, usable, dependable, advantageous, utilitarian, hard-wearing His Arabic was serviceable enough. useless, inefficient, impractical, worn-out, unusable, unserviceable Translations serviceable [ˈsɜːvɪsəbl] ADJ (= practical) [clothes etc] → práctico; (= lasting) → duradero; (= usable, working) → utilizable serviceable [ˈsɜːrvɪsəbəl] adj (= adequate) [goods, machine] → en état d'usage, utile; [ability, skill] → utile service area n (on motorway) → aire f de service service charge n (British) (in restaurant) → service m There's no service charge → Le service est compris. service department n (= repair shop) → atelier m de réparations service economy n → économie f de services service engineer n → agent(e) m/f de maintenance service history n [car] → carnet m d'entretien The car has a full service history → La voiture a un carnet d'entretien à jour. service industries npl → industries fpl de service serviceable adj (= durable) → strapazierfähig; (= practical) → praktisch, zweckmäßig; (= usable) → brauchbar; (Tech) → betriebsfähig How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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" Jupiter made answer: "You have only to thank yourselves for the misfortunes to which you are exposed: for if you did not make such excellent pillars and posts, and prove yourselves so serviceable to the carpenters and the farmers, the axe would not so frequently be laid to your roots. Those dresses are good, sensible, serviceable dresses, without any frills or furbelows about them, and they're all you'll get this summer. No one will dispute that the rudimentary teeth in the upper jaws of young ruminants, and certain rudimentary bones of the leg, are highly serviceable in exhibiting the close affinity between Ruminants and Pachyderms. |
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