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GENERAL-PURPOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does general-purpose mean? 

GENERAL-PURPOSE (adjective)
  The adjective GENERAL-PURPOSE has 1 sense:

1. not limited in use or functionplay

  Familiarity information: GENERAL-PURPOSE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENERAL-PURPOSE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not limited in use or function

Synonyms:

all-purpose; general-purpose

Similar:

general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)


 Context examples 


A general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages.

(Extensible Markup Language, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless poisonous gas synthesized by the oxidation of methanol and used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, histologic fixative, and general-purpose chemical reagent for laboratory applications.

(Formaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)



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