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applicability
[ap-li-kuh-buhl, uh-plik-uh-] 
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applicability
[ap-li-kuh-buhl, uh-plik-uh-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relevance |
| Synonyms: | application, appositeness, appropriateness, bearing, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, relevancy, suitability, suitableness |
| Main Entry: | felicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness |
| Synonyms: | applicability, aptness, becomingness, suitability |
| Main Entry: | fitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, admissibility, agreeableness, applicability, appositeness, aptitude, aptness, assimilation, auspiciousness, compatibility, competence, concurrency, congeniality, congruousness, consistency, consonance, convenience, correspondence, decency, decorum, eligibility, expediency, harmony, keeping, order, patness, pertinence, preparedness, propriety, qualification, readiness, relevancy, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness |
| Antonyms: | inappropriateness, unsuitability |
| Main Entry: | service |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aid, help |
| Synonyms: | account, advantage, applicability, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, business, check, courtesy, dispensation, duty, employ, employment, favor, fitness, indulgence, kindness, labor, maintenance, ministration, office, overhaul, relevance, serviceability, servicing, supply, use, usefulness, utility, value, work |
| Antonyms: | damage, disservice, hurt, injury |
| Main Entry: | use |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | application; employment |
| Synonyms: | account, adoption, advantage, appliance, applicability, appropriateness, avail, benefit, call, capitalization, cause, convenience, custom, end, exercise, exercising, exertion, fitness, good, habit, handling, help, helpfulness, mileage, mobilization, necessity, need, object, occasion, operation, point, practice, profit, purpose, reason, relevance, service, serviceability, treatment, usability, usage, usefulness, utility, value, way, wear and tear, wont, worth |
| Notes: | the difference between use and usage consists primarily in the fact that the former has a specific, the latter a general sense |
| Main Entry: | utility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serviceableness |
| Synonyms: | account, adequacy, advantage, advantageousness, applicability, appropriateness, avail, benefit, convenience, efficacy, efficiency, expediency, favor, fitness, function, point, practicality, productiveness, profit, relevance, service, serviceability, use, usefulness |
| Main Entry: | pertinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consistency |
| Synonyms: | applicability, congruity, importance, purpose, relevance |
| Main Entry: | appositeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relevance |
| Synonyms: | applicability, application, appropriateness, bearing, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, relevancy, suitability, suitableness |
| Main Entry: | germaneness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relevance |
| Synonyms: | applicability, application, appositeness, aptness, bearing, concernment, fitness, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, propriety, relevancy, suitability, suitableness, usefulness |
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