answer purpose

answer someone's purpose

and serve someone's purpose

to fit or suit someone's aim or goal. This piece of wood will answer my purpose quite nicely. The new car serves our purpose perfectly.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gamil	-	Arabic (Egyptian)
Letitia	lə-TISH-ə	English
Maren	MAH-ren (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Seyyed	-	Persian
Diodorus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
No'ah	-	Biblical Hebrew