Usually means: Usable for a variety of tasks.
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  1. general-purpose: Merriam-Webster
  2. general-purpose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. general-purpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. general-purpose, general-purpose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. general-purpose: Vocabulary.com
  6. General-Purpose, General-purpose, general-purpose: Wordnik
  7. general-purpose: Wiktionary
  8. general-purpose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. general-purpose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. general-purpose: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. general-purpose: Dictionary.com
  12. General-purpose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. general-purpose: Rhymezone
  14. general-purpose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. general-purpose: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. general-purpose: FreeDictionary.org

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▸ adjective:  For general purposes; all-purpose.

Similar:
all-purpose, general, all-embracing, all-encompassing, across-the-board, broad, generalized, all-round, overall, all around, more...

Opposite:
specific, specialized, particular, individual

Types:
all-purpose, multi-purpose, universal, more...

Phrases:
General-purpose bomb, general-purpose computer, general-purpose district, general-purpose operating system, General-purpose language, more...

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Similar:
all-purpose, general, all-embracing, all-encompassing, across-the-board, broad, generalized, all-round, overall, all around, more...

Opposite:
specific, specialized, particular, individual

Types:
all-purpose, multi-purpose, universal, more...

Phrases:
General-purpose bomb, general-purpose computer, general-purpose district, general-purpose operating system, General-purpose language, General-purpose input/output, more...



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