Purpose (IPA: /ˈpɝpəs/)
| Purpose (n.) |
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. |
| Purpose (n.) |
Proposal to another; discourse. |
| Purpose (n.) |
Instance; example. |
| Purpose (v. t.) |
To set forth; to bring forward. |
| Purpose (v. t.) |
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause. |
| Purpose (v. i.) |
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. |
| Purpose |
Formal: academic study of the fields of aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, as well as social and political philosophy |
| Purpose |
2002 film |
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Album by Algebra |
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2015 studio album by Justin Bieber |
| Purpose |
Punk band from Indonesia |
| Purpose Synonyms |
Determination |
| Purpose Synonyms |
Function, Role, Use |
| Purpose Synonyms |
Intention, Intent, Desig, Aim |
| Purpose Synonyms |
Aim, Purport, Propose |
| Purpose Synonyms |
Resolve |
| Translations |
Purpose in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ".. .all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer" - William Henry Harrison |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." - Books |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller." - James Russell Lowell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved." - Love |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view ." • Sophia Loren" - Women |
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