purpose-built
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purpose-built
adj
made to serve a specific purpose
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Adj. | 1. | purpose-built - designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose purposeful - serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
purpose-built
adj (esp Brit) → speziell angefertigt, Spezial-; construction → speziell gebaut; purpose-built vehicle → Spezialfahrzeug nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
purpose
(ˈpəːpəs) noun1. the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed. What is the purpose of your visit?
2. the use or function of an object. The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.
3. determination. a man of purpose.
purposeful adjective having a definite purpose. with a purposeful look on his face.
ˈpurposefully adverbˈpurposeless adjective
having no purpose. purposeless destruction.
ˈpurposely adverb intentionally. He did it purposely to attract my attention.
ˌpurpose-ˈbuilt adjective made or built for a particular need or purpose. People who use wheelchairs sometimes live in purpose-built houses.
on purpose intentionally. Did you break the cup on purpose?
serve a purpose to be useful in some way.
to no purpose with no useful results.
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