multipurpose
pronunciation
How to pronounce multipurpose in British English:
UK ['mʌltɪ'pɜ:pəs]
How to pronounce multipurpose in American English:
US ['mʌltɪ'pɜpəs]
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- Adjective:
- having multiple uses
Word Origin
- multipurpose (adj.)
- also multi-purpose, 1935, from multi- + purpose (n.).
Example
- 1. So I remained calm when the shaking started on the sixth floor of an old multipurpose building in central tokyo .
- 2. The shuttle was to be a multipurpose ship that would carry all of america 's government and commercial cargoes into space .
- 3. And assuming it does , the real difference for buyers ought to be : do you want to read e-books on a multipurpose device ( the ipad ) ?
- 4. Evans spends much of his personal time building robots and says he 's intrigued by multipurpose robots that might be able to walk the dog , communicate with people , and vacuum the floor .