purport

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
2. To intend.

Noun

1. Import, intention or purpose.
2. (obsolete) A disguise; a covering.

Sinonieme

meaning

purpose

gist

aim

significance

mean

import

intent

drift

intention

feign

essence

signify

pretend

intend

imply

tenor

effect

claim

sense

denote

maintain

allege

assert

bearing

contend

intension

magnitude

make out

object

objective

propose

purview

represent

sake

🍶

scope

spirit

stand for

substance

drive at

design

comprehend

intendment

come

charge

significancy

cause

symbolize

mark

matter

bode

mind

moment

acceptation

think of

personate

plan

point

prefigure

betoken

profess

train on

avouch

understand

realize

refer

understanding

venture

view

semantics

attention

sentinel

sentry

animus

signification

account

spell

make an allegation

desire

destination

destine

designate

depict

enact

end

🔚

denotation

consequence

connote

have in mind

heart

❤️

conceive

comprehension

insist

Vertalings

significado

sentido

behaupten

mana

beweren

van plan zijn

voorgeven

Sinn

sens

signification

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəˈpɔːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: purporten

Verwante met Old French: porporter

In summary

From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).