purposes

Meaning of purposes

noun
  1. An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
  2. A result that is desired; an intention.
  3. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
  4. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
  5. 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.
  6. Instance; example.
verb
  1. To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
  2. (passive) To design for some purpose.
  3. To discourse.

Information about purposes

  • The singular form of purposes is: purpose.
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Hyphenation of purposes

pur-poses

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • purposes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

purposes synonyms

Meaning :

determination, intention, resolution, aim, plan, reason, matter, subject, topic, goal, object, target, intended, intend, mean

Anagrams of purposes

supposer

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