Word Finder - purpose

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An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.

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A result that is desired; an intention.

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The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.

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The subject of discourse; the point at issue.

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The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.

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The purpose of turning off the lights overnight is to save energy.

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Instance; example.

His purpose for bringing her here was unclear.

If you win or lose, let it be on purpose.

That served another purpose when the conversation turned to the possibility of another child.

Actually, she had lost purpose in life then.

He knew the effect he had on her; he did it on purpose to mess with her.

Had that been the purpose for his trip to town?

Social structures will change, and the purpose of education will be to learn to reason and find one's passion.

It was done on purpose to get Konovnitsyn into trouble.

For this purpose a capable officer, Bolkhovitinov, was chosen, who was to explain the whole affair by word of mouth, besides delivering a written report.

We play a little game which I find most useful in developing the intellect, and which incidentally answers the purpose of a language lesson.

Great. I have no purpose but to make others' lives easier.

The odds were slim, but because his purpose was educational, he might have a chance.

Now, he suspected her presence was on purpose, their meeting not so much fate as manipulation by her father.

Some of my friends spoke as if I was coming to the woods on purpose to freeze myself.

Martha flew out there for the express purpose of attending the funeral.

The purpose of this apartment was to give her a place to practice being human.

My purpose in this chapter will not be to persuade the reader of any political doctrine of trade; please apply your own political and social values as you see fit.

It served no purpose to smash his magnificent ego.

A botanist notices that the bee flying with the pollen of a male flower to a pistil fertilizes the latter, and sees in this the purpose of the bee's existence.

They can be used and can circulate and fulfill their purpose without harm to anyone and even advantageously, as long as no one asks what is the security behind them.

There's a greater purpose than myself.

Carmen had selected the black sandal heels for that purpose as well.

And so it is with the purpose of historic characters and nations.

There had to be a greater purpose to all of this, a reason why she was trapped.

Intimacy was neither the sole purpose nor the end result of their relationship.

Hard green wood just cut, though I used but little of that, answered my purpose better than any other.

There was no purpose in delaying the unpleasant chore.

As if it were on purpose, thought he.

Even if they do not know for what purpose they are fattened, they will at least know that all that happened to the ram did not happen accidentally, and will no longer need the conceptions of chance or genius.

We didn't think it would serve any purpose to tell you.

I serve a greater purpose.

The higher the human intellect rises in the discovery of these purposes, the more obvious it becomes, that the ultimate purpose is beyond our comprehension.

The implication was that Castor and Pollux, knowing of the imminent collapse of the roof, had come calling with the purpose of saving Simonides's life as their payment for the poem.

When I left New York the idea had become a fixed purpose; and it was decided that I should go to Cambridge.

But she was not satisfied until she had carried out her purpose and entered college.

The purpose behind this assignment is to test your cognitive skills.

He hadn't held a woman in too long, and he'd never held one for the sole purpose of comforting her.

Defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

Alex's voice began forceful and then lost purpose - as if he thought it wiser not to say what was on his mind.

Why didn't he simply state his purpose?

His "Love" is His will as directed towards the realization of His purpose in the kingdom.

Sin is the contradiction of that purpose, and guilt is alienation from the family.

He'd claimed her, whether in a fit of jealous fury after hearing Kris's name or for some other purpose.

I serve my own purpose.

His "Righteousness" is His fidelity to this purpose.

The rivers on the east coast are practically the only highways, the Malays always travelling by boat in preference to walking, but they serve their purpose very indifferently, and their great beauty is their chief claim to distinction.

But the ultimate purpose of the bee is not exhausted by the first, the second, or any of the processes the human mind can discern.

If the purpose of marriage is the family, the person who wishes to have many wives or husbands may perhaps obtain much pleasure, but in that case will not have a family.

You were late on purpose today so we'd happen to stop by the stash house.

He sensed a great deal in what Xander wasn't saying about his purpose in the mortal realm.