Usually means: Serves two functions simultaneously, efficiently.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word dual-purpose:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. dual-purpose: Merriam-Webster
  2. dual-purpose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dual-purpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dual-purpose, dual-purpose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dual-purpose: Wordnik
  6. dual-purpose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dual-purpose: Wiktionary
  8. dual-purpose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dual-purpose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dual-purpose: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. dual-purpose: Dictionary.com
  12. Dual-purpose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. dual-purpose: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dual-purpose: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having two purposes; able to be used for two separate things.

Similar:
bifunctional, multi-purpose, double-barrelled, double-handed, multifunction, double-sided, multifunctional, twofold, multipurposed, dual, more...

Opposite:
single-purpose, specialized, dedicated

Phrases:
dual-purpose fund, dual-purpose sheep, dual-purpose cattle, Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition, more...

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Similar:
bifunctional, multi-purpose, double-barrelled, double-handed, multifunction, double-sided, multifunctional, twofold, multipurposed, dual, more...

Opposite:
single-purpose, specialized, dedicated

Phrases:
dual-purpose fund, dual-purpose sheep, dual-purpose cattle, Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition, more...



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