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dual-purpose

[doo-uhl-pur-puhs, dyoo-]

adjective

  1. serving two functions.

    a dual-purpose database for research and teaching.

  2. (of cattle) bred for two purposes, as to provide beef and milk.



dual-purpose

adjective

  1. having or serving two functions

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dual-purpose1

First recorded in 1910–15

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