purpose

Signification

Noun

1. The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
2. Function, role.
3. meaning for existing or doing something.
4. Resolution; determination.
5. (obsolete) The subject of discourse; the point at issue.

Verb

1. To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
2. To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
3. (obsolete) To discourse.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɝpəs/

Étymologie

From Middle English purpos, from Old French purposer (“to propose”) (with conjugation altered based on poser), from Latin prō- (“forth”) + pōnere (“place, put”), hence Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere.

Phrases

Scholars are divided on the purpose of this and other barays.

Les chercheurs sont divisés sur le but de ce Barays et d'autres.