purpose as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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purpose
noun
1 purpose
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
synonyms: aim, design, intent, intention.
Roget 620:
intent,
intention,
intentionality;
purpose;
quo animo [Lat.];
project
etc.
626;
undertaking
etc.
676;
predetermination
etc.
611;
design,
ambition.
contemplation,
mind,
animus,
view,
purview,
proposal;
study;
look out.
final cause;
raison d'etre [Fr.];
cui bono [Lat.];
object,
aim,
end;
the be all and the end all;"
drift
etc.
(meaning)
516;
tendency
etc.
176;
destination,
mark,
point,
butt,
goal,
target,
bull's-eye,
quintain [Mediev.];
prey,
quarry,
game.
decision,
determination,
resolve;
fixed set purpose,
settled purpose;
ultimatum;
resolution
etc.
604;
wish
etc.
865;
arriere pensee [Fr.];
motive
etc.
615.
[Study of final causes]
teleology.
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Dutch: voornemen, bedoeling, intensie, intentie, inzicht, opzet, zin
Polish: zamysł, zamiar, chęć, intencja, zamierzenie
2 purpose
What something is used for.
synonyms: function, role, use.
Dutch: functie, rol
Polish: funkcja, rola
3 purpose
The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose:
— He is a man of purpose.
synonym: determination.
Dutch: intentie, strekking, nut, beslistheid, vastberadenheid, voornemen
Polish: determinacja
verb
1 purpose
Propose or intend.
synonyms: aim, propose, purport.
Roget 620:
intend,
purpose,
design,
mean;
have to;
propose to oneself;
harbor a design;
have in view,
have in contemplation,
have in one's eye,
have in petto;
have an eye to.
bid for,
labor for;
be after,
aspire after,
endeavor after;
be at,
aim at,
drive at,
point at,
level at,
aspire at;
take aim;
set before oneself;
study to.
take upon oneself
etc.
(undertake)
676;
take into one's head;
meditate,
contemplate of,
think of,
dream of,
talk of;
premeditate
etc.
611;
compass,
calculate;
destine,
destinate†;
propose.
project
etc.
(plan)
626;
have a mind to
etc.
(be willing)
602;
desire
etc.
865;
pursue
etc.
622.
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2 purpose
adjective
Roget 10:
irrelative†,
irrespective,
unrelated;
arbitrary;
independent,
unallied;
unconnected,
disconnected;
adrift,
isolated,
insular;
extraneous,
strange,
alien,
foreign,
outlandish,
exotic.
not comparable,
incommensurable,
heterogeneous;
unconformable
etc.
83.
irrelevant,
inapplicable;
not pertinent,
not to the,
purpose;
impertinent,
inapposite,
beside the mark,
a propos de bottes [Fr.];
aside from the purpose,
away from the purpose,
foreign to the purpose,
beside the purpose,
beside the question,
beside the transaction,
beside the point;
misplaced
etc.
(intrusive)
24;
traveling out of the record.
remote,
far-fetched,
out of the way,
forced,
neither here nor there,
quite another thing;
detached,
segregate;
disquiparant†.
multifarious;
discordant
etc.
24.
incidental,
parenthetical,
obiter dicta,
episodic.
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purposed
adjective
Roget 621:
fortuitous
etc.
156;
unintentional,
unintended;
accidental;
not meant;
undesigned,
purposed;
unpremeditated
etc.
612;
unforeseen,
uncontemplated,
never thought of.
random,
indiscriminate,
promiscuous;
undirected;
aimless,
driftless†,
designless†,
purposeless,
causeless;
without purpose.
possible
etc.
470.
unforeseeable,
unpredictable,
chancy,
risky,
speculative,
dicey.
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