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serve a purpose
Serve a (useful) purpose
to be useful in accomplishing some purpose. This large book should serve a useful purpose. We can use it for a doorstop.
serve a purpose
Also, serve one's or the purpose . Be useful, meet the needs or requirements, satisfy, as in I don't know why they've added all this information but it probably serves a purpose, or It often serves his purpose to be vague, or We don't have a spading fork but this shovel should serve the purpose. This idiom was first recorded in 1513.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Fabius | | - | Ancient Roman |
Isbel | | IZ-bel | English (Rare) |
Dario | | DAHR-yo (Italian) | Italian, Croatian |
BlÁThnat | | BLAW-nit | Irish, Irish Mythology |
Phrixos | | - | Greek Mythology |
Lor | | LOR | Limburgish |