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Definisjon av purpose

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Noun
purpose - an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
intent, intention, aim, design
goal, end a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"
idea, mind the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
cross-purpose a contrary aim; "at cross-purposes"
final cause (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process
sake a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
view the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
determination
firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
doggedness, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity, perseverance, persistence persistent determination
indefatigability, indefatigableness, tirelessness tireless determination
purpose - what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
function, role, use
usefulness, utility the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"

Verb
purpose - reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
resolve
make up one's mind, decide, determine reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
purpose - propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
aim, purport, propose
intend, mean, think have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
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Substantiv
purpose - An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
purpose - A result that is desired; an intention.
purpose - The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
purpose - The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
purpose - The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.

Verb
purpose - Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
purpose - Passive Designed for some purpose.
purpose - To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

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  • Purpose is a result, end, mean, aim, or goal of an action intentionally undertaken, or of an object being brought into use or existence, whether or not the purpose was a primary or secondary effect. It is possible that an intentional act may have multiple purposes, only one of which is a primary intention while the remainder are secondary intentions. For example, the introduction of a gene into a species of rice may have the primary intention of providing resistance to disease and a secondary intention of reducing nutritional value.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • purpose
    What you want to achieve or do.
  • purpose
    An anticipated outcome that is intended to obtain or that guides your planned actions.
  • purpose
    The act of intending to do something.
  • purpose
    The subject of discourse; the point at issue.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) purpose
  • Presens: purpose / purposes
  • Preteritum: purposed
  • Perfektum: (have) purposed

Substantiv

  • Entall: purpose
  • Flertall: purposes

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