useful purpose

collocation in English

meaningsofusefulandpurpose

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useful
adjective
uk
/ˈjuːs.fəl/us
/ˈjuːs.fəl/
effective; helping you to do or ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofusefulandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuseful purpose

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Over the past 40 years, much computing education in traditional engineering fields, such as mechanical, civil, materials, and chemical engineering, has drifted away from fulfilling anyusefulpurpose.
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However, this article argues that unpacking something of what is tied up in this exclusion may serve ausefulpurposein itself which goes beyond notions of individual risk.
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Although the second scenario is not the most realistic, it serves ausefulpurposesince it provides a baseline against which the results of the first scenario can be set.
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This is probably a performance technique, but the interface serves nousefulpurposetowards better understanding a work unless the object is to discourage the user!
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I can assure you that no further resources will be made available, so in the end it will not serve anyusefulpurpose.
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To serve ausefulpurpose, damage figures have to be of sufficient quality and be firmly based on empirical work.
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Each use case serves someusefulpurposefor the user - it accomplishes something that the user perceives as useful.
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Making decisions that will be opposed and undermined serves nousefulpurpose.
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More pertinent now is the question: does the volume serve ausefulpurpose?
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However, it serves ausefulpurposeby ensuring that sharing is preserved in bindings, a property that is pragmatically useful.
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However, if it provokes the start of critical new work it will serve ausefulpurpose.
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It is not generally helpful to add a term to one's field unless it is intended to serve some demonstrablyusefulpurpose.
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If it is found wanting, and a better alternative emerges in its place, then it will still have served ausefulpurpose.
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If so, this will serve a veryusefulpurposeof prediction of the latter, as it has for the past 4 years.
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We have argued that monetary estimates may serve ausefulpurposewhether they are used in a cost-benefit context or not.
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For these reasons, we felt that a comparison with the earlier single frame measurements serves ausefulpurpose.
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If it further stimulates the fusion of evolutionary and developmental biology then it will have served ausefulpurpose.
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On the other hand, an idle edge serves nousefulpurpose, but may be created by composition.
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We did not believe that anyusefulpurposewould be served by putting together a disjointed collection of papers, no matter how superior the quality of the individual parts.
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However, the exact nature of the flow is undoubtedly very complicated and nousefulpurposewould be served by introducing a necessarily simple mathematical model at this stage.
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