purpose

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɝpəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: purpos

Inherited from Middle English: 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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

but

Zweck

propósito

scopo

proposito

doel

Absicht

intenzione

Ziel

dessein

fine

intenção

cel

intention

bedoeling

Sentences

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

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

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