purpose
Meaning of purpose
noun
- An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
- A result that is desired; an intention.
- The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
- The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
- The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.
- Instance; example.
- To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
- (passive) To design for some purpose.
- To discourse.
Information about purpose
- The plural form of purpose is: purposes.
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Hyphenation of purpose
pur-pose
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- purpose is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
purpose synonyms
Meaning intent:
intent, intention, aim, design
Meaning function:
Meaning determination:
Meaning aim:
Meaning resolve:
Meaning :
resolution, plan, reason, matter, subject, topic, goal, object, target, intended, intend, mean
Translation of purpose
- Spanish: fin, objetivo, propósito, motivo, intención, designio, resolución, determinación, tema, tópico
- German: Ziel, Zweck, Absicht, Beschluss, Entschluss, Thema
- French: but, intention, résolution, détermination, objet, thème
- Italian: scopo, intento, intenzione, proposito, risoluzione, determinazione, tema, argomento
- Portuguese: objectivo, propósito, intenção
Anagrams of purpose
Words that rhyme with purpose
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