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Definitions for all-purpose
al·l-pur·pose

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word all-purpose.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. general-purpose, all-purposeadjective

    not limited in use or function

Wiktionary

  1. all-purposeadjective

    for all purposes; general-purpose

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  1. all-purpose

    All-purpose refers to something that is versatile or suitable for many different uses or situations. It is multifunctional, universally applicable, and not limited to a specific purpose or function.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of all-purpose in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of all-purpose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of all-purpose in a Sentence

  1. Mariana Fulger:

    People are all purpose tokens, but you must remember each adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, integrates… in its unique way. It is difficult and unfair to use generalized laws.

  2. Richard Dawkins:

    Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous -- indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose.

  3. Paul Duchene:

    Just about the best affordable all-purpose bike out there is theKawasaki KLR 650.


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