Usually means: Designed for various, diverse uses.
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  1. multipurpose: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. multipurpose: Merriam-Webster
  3. multipurpose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. multipurpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. multipurpose: Collins English Dictionary
  6. multipurpose: Vocabulary.com
  7. Multipurpose, multipurpose: Wordnik
  8. multipurpose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. multipurpose: Wiktionary
  10. multipurpose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. multipurpose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. multipurpose: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. multipurpose: Dictionary.com
  14. multipurpose: Rhymezone
  15. multipurpose: FreeDictionary.org
  16. multipurpose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. multipurpose: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses.

Similar:
useful, utile, versatile, universal, multipurposeful, multiuse, shared, repurposable, all-purpose, good, more...

Opposite:
single-purpose, specialized, dedicated

Phrases:
multipurpose reservoir, multipurpose vehicle, multipurpose internet mail extensions, multipurpose internet mail extension, FREMM multipurpose frigate, more...

Adjectives:
more, new, large, general, high, single, such, small

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Similar:
useful, utile, versatile, universal, multipurposeful, multiuse, shared, repurposable, all-purpose, good, more...

Opposite:
single-purpose, specialized, dedicated

Phrases:
multipurpose reservoir, multipurpose vehicle, multipurpose internet mail extensions, multipurpose internet mail extension, FREMM multipurpose frigate, Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System, more...

Adjectives:
more, new, large, general, high, single, such, small

Colors:
    blue,     green,     gray,     beige,     white, more...



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