purpose

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Concepten

doel

bedoeling

doelstelling

honk

🏠

doelwit

wit

voornemen

strekking

zin

plan

intentie

nut

reden

toeleg

van plan zijn

vastberadenheid

oogmerk

hersens

plannen maken

doeleinde

goal

functie

woord

zeggen

🗣️

zich voornemen

bestemming

object

onderwerp

meet

opzet

plannen

Synoniemen

aim

intention

goal

objective

object

target

intent

intend

design

end

🔚

plan

motive

desire

reason

purport

mind

thought

💭

determination

meaning

use

function

wish

thinking

🤔

mean

thoughts

destination

cause

resolve

resolution

role

propose

significance

point

scope

so that

butt

sake

🍶

will

project

occasion

aspiration

intension

have in mind

sense

idea

💡

view

deliberateness

result

ambition

counsel

Vertalingen

but

Zweck

propósito

scopo

proposito

Absicht

intenzione

Ziel

dessein

fine

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɝpəs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: purpos

Overgenomen van Middelengels: purposen

In summary

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.

Zinnen

The purpose is to conserve the power of the striking train .

Het doel is om de kracht van de opvallende trein te behouden.

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

Geleerden zijn verdeeld over het doel van deze en andere barays.

With this purpose , the antibody for the antigen we are seeking is added to the gel substrate .

Met dit doel wordt het antilichaam voor het antigeen dat we zoeken toegevoegd aan het gelsubstraat.