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1 serve a purpose
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4 does this serve your purpose?
does this serve your purpose?beantwoordt dit aan je verwachtingen? -
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n. opdienen (met tennis)--------v. bedienen; dienen; opscheppen; serveren; uitzitten (straf etc.); bevruchtenserve1[ sə:v] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉————————serve2♦voorbeelden:→ serve on serve on/3 dienen ⇒ dienst doen, helpen, baten♦voorbeelden:serve as a clerk • werken als kantoorbediendehe served in North Africa • hij heeft in Noord-Afrika gediendserve at table • bedienen, opdienen£50 serves him for a week • aan vijftig pond heeft hij een week genoegit will serve • daarmee lukt het welas occasion serves • al naar gelang de gelegenheid zich voordoetare you being served? • wordt u al geholpen?the sky serve him for a roof • de hemel diende hem als dak1 dienen ⇒ voorzien in/van, volstaan, vervullen3 ondergaan ⇒ vervullen, (uit)zitten♦voorbeelden:serve the purpose of • dienst doen alsbuses serve the suburbs • de voorsteden zijn per bus bereikbaarthis recipe will serve four people • dit recept is genoeg voor vier personenthe house is served with water • het huis is aangesloten op de waterleiding2 that serves him right! • dat is zijn verdiende loon!, net goed!he served me shamefully • hij heeft me schandelijk behandeld -
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n. doel; bedoeling--------v. zich voornemen, van plan zijnpurpose1[ pə:pəs]1 doel ⇒ bedoeling, reden, plan, voornemen2 zin ⇒ (beoogd) effect, resultaat, nut♦voorbeelden:1 does this serve your purpose? • beantwoordt dit aan je verwachtingen?accidentally on purpose • per ongeluk expreshe came for/with the purpose of seeing us, he came on purpose to see us • hij kwam met het doel om ons te bezoekenhe did it on purpose • hij deed het met opzet2 these talks have certainly answered/fulfilled/served their purpose(s) • deze besprekingen zijn zeker zinvol geweestall your help will be to no purpose • al je hulp zal tevergeefs zijnthese money cuts will come to little purpose • deze bezuinigingen zullen weinig effect hebben♦voorbeelden:————————purpose2♦voorbeelden:1 he purposes to spend his holidays with us • het ligt in zijn bedoeling zijn vakantie bij ons door te brengen
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