multipurpose
/mʌltipɝpəs/
multipurpose adjective: designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses.
Adjective
multipurpose (not comparable)
- Designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses.
- Arguably the most potent version of that meme merges the heatmaps with a multipurpose version of the IQ bell curve, populated with three “wojaks” on the stupid, middlebrow, and supersmart bits of that curve.
The liberal heatmap is paired with the figure in the meaty middle of the graph, while the...2025 March 3, Frank Jacobs and Stephen Johnson, “The story behind the internet’s most viral (and misunderstood) political meme”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025
- Synonyms:
- multiuse
- Arguably the most potent version of that meme merges the heatmaps with a multipurpose version of the IQ bell curve, populated with three “wojaks” on the stupid, middlebrow, and supersmart bits of that curve.
multipurpose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati
multipurpose in Hindi
- having multiple uses
- बहुपयोगी bahupyogī
multipurpose in Tamil
- பல்நோக்கு, பல பணிகளுக்கு உகந்த, பல்வகையிலும் பயன்படு, பல்வகை நோக்கு
multipurpose in Kannada
- ವಿವಿಧೋದ್ದೇಶ, ಬಹೂದ್ದೇಶ, ಅನೇಕ ಗುಣಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಹಲ ಈಡುಗಳುಳ್ಳ
multipurpose in Gujarati
- multipurpose
- બહુહેતુક bahuhetuk
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- multipurpose in Thai
- สารพัดประโยชน์ sǎa-rá-pát-bprà-yòot, อเนกประสงค์ à-nêek-bprà-sǒng
- multipurpose in Vietnamese
- đa năng, vạn năng, nhiều mục đích
Synonyms of multipurpose
Forms of multipurpose
| alternative form | multi-purpose |
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Origin of multipurpose
From multi- + purpose.
Words formed from multipurpose
Questions about multipurpose
- What does multipurpose mean?
- Multipurpose means designed or intended to fit more than one type of function or application; having multiple uses.
- What is multipurpose in Hindi?
- Multipurpose in Hindi is बहुपयोगी (bahupyogī). See Multipurpose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is multipurpose?
- Multipurpose is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce multipurpose?
- Multipurpose is pronounced /mʌltipɝpəs/ (US).
Words near multipurpose in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: multipurpose (page history and authors); multipurpose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multipurpose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બહુહેતુક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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