Definitions from Wiktionary (purpose)
▸ noun: The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
▸ noun: Function, role.
▸ noun: (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something.
▸ noun: Resolution; determination.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
▸ verb: (transitive) To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.
▸ Also see purpose
charitable purposes,
cross purposes,
for all practical purposes,
to all intents and purposes,
for all intents and purposes,
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▸ noun: The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
▸ noun: Function, role.
▸ noun: (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something.
▸ noun: Resolution; determination.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
▸ verb: (transitive) To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.
▸ Also see purpose
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▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
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