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Definition of Purpose

1. Verb. Propose or intend. "I aim to arrive at noon"

2. Noun. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. "He made no secret of his designs"

3. Verb. Reach a decision. "They purpose to move "; "He resolved never to drink again"

4. Noun. What something is used for. "Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

5. Noun. The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose. "He is a man of purpose"

Definition of Purpose

1. 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.

2. v. t. To set forth; to bring forward.

3. v. i. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

Definition of Purpose

1. Noun. An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. ¹

2. Noun. A result that is desired; an intention. ¹

3. Noun. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination. ¹

4. Noun. The subject of discourse; the point at issue. ¹

5. Noun. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) (''passive'') Designed for some purpose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purpose

1. to resolve to perform or accomplish [v -POSED, -POSING, -POSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purpose

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purported(a) purportedly purporting purportless purports purpose (current term) purpose-built purpose-made purpose statement purposed

purposedly purposeful purposeful availment purposefully purposefulness purposeless purposelessly purposelessness purposely purposer

Literary usage of Purpose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1897)
"from desire but not from moral purpose. On the other hand a continent person acts from ... Again, desire is contrary to moral purpose, but one desire is not ..."

2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"No boasting like a fool; This deed I 'll do before this purpose cool. But no more sights!—Where are these gentlemen ? Come, bring me where they are. ..."

3. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"Valuation dependent on purpose. 5. Same subject—Report of Committee National Association ... Tax and rate purpose—Nebraska Supreme Court in Bee Building Co. ..."

4. History of Manufactures in the United States by Victor Selden Clark (1916)
"purpose AND METHOD. A narrative and chronological account of American ... The purpose of the latter is not solely to present a picture of the past, ..."

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