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essential
Absolutely necessary; indispensable; requisite
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  1. Absolutely necessary; indispensable; requisite
  2. (Biochemistry) Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but cannot be synthesized by the body and therefore must be included in the diet:
  3. Fundamentally important or necessary:
valuable
Estimable; deserving esteem
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  1. Estimable; deserving esteem
  2. Having considerable monetary or material value for use or exchange:
  3. Of great merit, use, or service; highly important, esteemed, etc.
important
Having, or acting as if having, power, authority, influence, high position, etc.
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  1. Having, or acting as if having, power, authority, influence, high position, etc.
  2. Meaning a great deal; having much significance, consequence, or value
  3. Strongly affecting the course of events or the nature of things; significant:
significant
Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive:
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  1. Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive:
  2. (Statistics) Of or relating to observations or occurrences that are too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicate a systematic relationship.
  3. Important; momentous
crucial
(Med.) Having the form of a cross
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  1. (Med.) Having the form of a cross
  2. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
  3. Extremely significant or important:
cooperative
Designating or of an organization (as for the production or marketing of goods), an apartment house, store, etc. owned by and operated for the benefit of members who use its facilities or services
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  1. Designating or of an organization (as for the production or marketing of goods), an apartment house, store, etc. owned by and operated for the benefit of members who use its facilities or services
  2. Done in cooperation with others:
  3. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
serviceable
(Archaic) Willing to serve
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  1. (Archaic) Willing to serve
  2. Easy to service
  3. That will give good service, esp. in hard use; durable
invaluable
Beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth
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  1. Beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth
  2. Extremely valuable; having value too great to measure; priceless
  3. Very useful.
profitable
Producing a profit.
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  1. Producing a profit.
  2. Yielding profit, gain, or benefit
  3. Yielding profit; advantageous:
advantageous
Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.
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  1. Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.
favorable
Winning approval; pleasing:
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  1. Winning approval; pleasing:
  2. Advantageous; helpful:
  3. Granting what has been desired or requested:
convenient
(Obsolete) Fitting and proper; suitable.
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  1. (Obsolete) Fitting and proper; suitable.
  2. Suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs:
  3. Adding to one's comfort; easy to do, use, or get to; causing little trouble or work; handy
suitable
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
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  1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
  2. That suits a given purpose, occasion, condition, propriety, etc.; fitting; appropriate; apt
practical
Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation:
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  1. Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation:
  2. Having or showing good judgment; sensible:
  3. Usable; workable; useful and sensible
pragmatic
Concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation; practical
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  1. Concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation; practical
  2. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
  3. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
operative
Connected with physical work or mechanical action
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  1. Connected with physical work or mechanical action
  2. Effectual or important.
  3. Significant; most important; key:
effectual
Having legal force; valid
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  1. Having legal force; valid
  2. Producing, or able to produce, the desired effect
  3. Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect.
efficacious
Producing or capable of producing the desired effect; having the intended result; effective
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  1. Producing or capable of producing the desired effect; having the intended result; effective
usable
That can be used; fit, convenient, or ready for use
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  1. That can be used; fit, convenient, or ready for use
accessible
Able to be readily understood or generally appreciated
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  1. Able to be readily understood or generally appreciated
  2. Easy to talk to or get along with:
  3. Easy to approach or enter
applicable
That can be applied; appropriate
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  1. That can be applied; appropriate
  2. Capable of being applied; relevant or appropriate:
conducive
Tending to cause or bring something about; contributive:
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  1. Tending to cause or bring something about; contributive:
  2. That conduces or contributes; tending or leading (to)
  3. Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
utilitarian
Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical:
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  1. Exhibiting or stressing utility over other values; practical:
  2. Made for or aiming at utility
  3. Of, relating to, or in the interests of utility:
improving
Getting better
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  1. Getting better
serendipitous
Good, beneficial, favorable, etc..
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  1. Good, beneficial, favorable, etc..
all-purpose
For all purposes; general-purpose
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  1. For all purposes; general-purpose
  2. For every pertinent purpose; useful in many ways
desirable
Worth doing or achieving; advisable:
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  1. Worth doing or achieving; advisable:
  2. Worth wanting or having; worthwhile, beneficial, expedient, etc.
  3. Arousing desire; pleasing, attractive, etc.
instrumental
Of, performed on, or written for a musical instrument or instruments
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  1. Of, performed on, or written for a musical instrument or instruments
  2. Serving as a means or agency; implemental:
  3. (Grammar) Of, relating to, or being the case used typically to express means, agency, or accompaniment.
healthy
Conducive to health.
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  1. Conducive to health.
  2. Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind:
  3. Sizable; considerable:
salutary
Favorable to health; wholesome:
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  1. Favorable to health; wholesome:
  2. Promoting or conducive to some good purpose; beneficial
  3. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial:
restorative
Of or relating to restoration.
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  1. Of or relating to restoration.
  2. Tending or having the power to restore:
  3. Tending to restore or capable of restoring; esp., capable of restoring health, strength, consciousness, etc.
accommodating
Helpful and obliging.
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  1. Helpful and obliging.
  2. Willing to please; ready to help; obliging
  3. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
considerate
Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring
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  1. Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring
  2. Having or showing regard for the needs or feelings of others.
  3. Characterised by careful and conscious thought; deliberate
neighborly
Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor.
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  1. Having or exhibiting the qualities of a friendly neighbor.
  2. Like, characteristic of, or appropriate to neighbors; kind, friendly, sociable, etc.
advantageous
Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.
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  1. Affording advantage; favorable or beneficial.
benefic
Beneficent.
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  1. Beneficent.
beneficent
Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
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  1. Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
  2. Producing benefit; beneficial.
  3. Showing beneficence; doing good
beneficial
Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous:
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  1. Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous:
  2. Producing benefits; advantageous; favorable
  3. Receiving benefit
benignant
Favorable; beneficial.
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  1. Favorable; beneficial.
  2. (Now rare) Kind; gracious; favorable.
  3. Kindly or gracious, sometimes in a patronizing way
favorable
Advantageous; helpful:
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  1. Advantageous; helpful:
  2. Winning approval; pleasing:
  3. Granting what has been desired or requested:
good
In effect; operative:
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  1. In effect; operative:
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. In excellent condition; sound:
profitable
Producing a profit.
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  1. Producing a profit.
  2. Yielding profit, gain, or benefit
  3. Yielding profit; advantageous:
propitious
Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
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  1. Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
  2. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
  3. Boding well; favorable; auspicious
salutary
Favorable to health; wholesome:
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  1. Favorable to health; wholesome:
  2. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial:
  3. Promoting or conducive to some good purpose; beneficial
toward
At hand; imminent
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  1. At hand; imminent
  2. Being done; in progress
  3. Ready to learn; promising
useful
Being of practical use:
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  1. Being of practical use:
  2. That can be used to advantage; serviceable; helpful; beneficial; often, having practical utility
  3. Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
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  • There was nothing helpful Dean could offer.

  • It was helpful to know that he heard and understood what she was saying.

  • There was helpful information for us to improve observation techniques.

  • "I asked you the other day, and you weren't at all helpful," she reminded him.

  • Also not helpful, since he's dead-dead.

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