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multi-purpose en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Middle English purpos English purpose English multi-purpose From multi- + purpose.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of multipurpose.
    • In 2019, Balfour Beatty was awarded a five-year, £65 million contract to maintain and operate Network Rail's fleet of multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) to perform this task across Network Rail's Southern, Central and Anglia routes. 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: MPV Seasonal Treatment”, in RAIL, number 940, page 48: