serve no purpose in Englisch

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present serve no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "he serves no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "she serves no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "it serves no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past served no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle serving no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle served no purpose"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "to serve no pur·pose",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Pockets for no purpose are fashion's newest decoration, in Life (22 Januar 1940)",
          "text": "In the United States, where women of fashion demand delivery on items no heavier than a powderpuff, they serve no purpose other than decoration."
        },
        {
          "ref": "John Burroughs, The writings of John Burroughs, Volume 19, Seite 237",
          "text": "The forms of living things are purposeful; the forms of non-living things serve no purpose, there is no particular end to be served by them. The forms of crystals are not haphazard, they are predetermined, and yet they serve no purpose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben"
      ],
      "id": "de-serve_no_purpose-en-verb-MnSiMGOG",
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nutzlos sein"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zwecklos sein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serve no purpose"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present serve no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "he serves no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "she serves no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "it serves no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past served no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle serving no purpose"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle served no purpose"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "to serve no pur·pose",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Pockets for no purpose are fashion's newest decoration, in Life (22 Januar 1940)",
          "text": "In the United States, where women of fashion demand delivery on items no heavier than a powderpuff, they serve no purpose other than decoration."
        },
        {
          "ref": "John Burroughs, The writings of John Burroughs, Volume 19, Seite 237",
          "text": "The forms of living things are purposeful; the forms of non-living things serve no purpose, there is no particular end to be served by them. The forms of crystals are not haphazard, they are predetermined, and yet they serve no purpose."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nutzlos sein"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zwecklos sein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serve no purpose"
}

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"serve no purpose" meaning in Englisch

Verb