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Purpose - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Purpose : (noun)
1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: intent,
intention, aim, design]
2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to
bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
[syn: function, role, use]
3: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
"his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a
man of purpose" [syn: determination]
(verb)
1: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purport,
propose]
2: reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn: resolve]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Purpose : \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Purposing.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]
1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon,
as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to
design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or
dependent clause. --Chaucer.
Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
which is within the memory of men still living.
--Macaulay.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Purpose : \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. 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.
He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the
deed go with it. --Shak.
2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Purpose : \Pur"pose\, v. i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Purpose |
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KJKenner: #confessions I HATE the Lebron/Kobe puppet commercials! Who do they appeal to? What's the Purpose? What's the message? What's the product? |
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trixietraci: @PhillyRulez88 I swear they're just doing it on Purpose now. :/ |
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connerokeefe: September 4, the day all of us NOTRE DAME fans are waiting for so we can support the Irish with a PASSION and Purpose. Boilermakers at IRISH |
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