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to serve sb's purpose

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  • serve one's purpose — be useful to someone for a certain need That tool should serve my purpose until I find the correct one …   Idioms and examples

  • purpose — noun 1 aim/function ADJECTIVE ▪ limited ▪ chief, main, primary, prime, principal ▪ true ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • purpose — pur|pose W3S1 [ˈpə:pəs US ˈpə:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 2 purposes 3 4 on purpose 5¦(feeling)¦ 6 for all practical purposes 7 serve its purpose 8 defeat the purpose 9 to no purpose 10 to the purpose …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • serve — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] ♦♦ serves, serving, served 1) VERB If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them. [V n] It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years... [V n] I have always… …   English dictionary

  • purpose — pur|pose1 [ pɜrpəs ] noun *** 1. ) count the goal that someone wants to achieve, or that something is intended to achieve: I use my boat mainly for leisure purposes. purpose of: The purpose of this dictionary is to help students of English. the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • purpose */*/*/ — UK [ˈpɜː(r)pəs] / US [ˈpɜrpəs] noun Word forms purpose : singular purpose plural purposes 1) [countable] the aim that someone wants to achieve, or that something is intended to achieve I use my boat mainly for leisure purposes. purpose of: The… …   English dictionary

  • purpose-made — adjective designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose • Syn: ↑purpose built • Similar to: ↑purposeful * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose …   Useful english dictionary

  • purpose*/*/*/ — [ˈpɜːpəs] noun [C] an aim or use The purpose of this dictionary is to help students of English.[/ex] Another meeting would serve absolutely no purpose.[/ex] He went there for the purpose of making business contacts.[/ex] • on purpose… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • purpose-built — adjective designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose • Syn: ↑purpose made • Similar to: ↑purposeful * * * ˌpurpose ˈbuilt [purpose built] adjective …   Useful english dictionary

  • purpose — UK US /ˈpɜːpəs/ noun ► [C] the reason for doing something or the reason that something exists: sb s purpose in doing sth »My purpose in calling this meeting was to remind everyone of some basic rules. with/for the purpose of (doing) sth »He… …   Financial and business terms

  • Purpose — is the cognitive awareness in cause and effect linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate actions within a range… …   Wikipedia

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