Meaning of purpose | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
   countable, uncountable
2. The end for which something is done, is made or exists
3. resolution
4. Function, role.
   countable, uncountable
5. Function, role
6. To intend or resolve: "the gap between what is said and what is purposed" (Ian Donaldson).
7. (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something
8. meaning for existing or doing something.
   countable, uncountable
9. Intentionally; deliberately.
10. Resolution; determination
11. Resolution; determination.
    countable, uncountable
12. With good results.
13. The subject of discourse; the point at issue
14. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
15. With few or no results.
16. To have in mind as a goal or purpose:aim, contemplate, design, intend, mean, plan, project, propose, target.
17. having a definite purpose. with a purposeful look on his face. vasberade هادِف إلى، ذو مَغْزى целенасочен determinado odhodlaný zielbewußt målbevidst αποφασιστικόςdeterminado sihikindel مصمم määrätietoinen déterminéתכליתי दृढ़ संकल्प eltökélt bertujuan stefnufastur deciso, risoluto きっぱりとした 목적 있는, 의도를 가진, 과단성 있는 ryžtingas mērķtiecīgs penuh azam vastberadenmålbevisst, bestemtcelowy د مقصد خاوند determinado ho­tă­rât целеустремлённый odhodlaný odločen odlučan målmedveten ซึงมีจุดประสงค์ kararlı,...
18. vasberade بصورةٍ هادِفَه، بِمَغْزى целенасочено com determinação odhodlaně zielbewußt målbevidst αποφασιστικά con determinación sihikindlalt قاطعانه määrätietoisesti délibérément בְהֶּחלֵטִיוּת सोद्देश्यता से, संकल्प के साथ eltökélten dengan tujuan af stefnufestu con determinazione きっぱりと 과단성 있게 ryžtingai mērķtiecīgi dgn azam yg kuat vastberadenmålbevisst, bestemtcelowo قاطعانه،په عزم سره com determinação (în mod) deliberat; dinadins целеустремлённо odhodlane odločno odlučno målmedvetet อย่างม...
19. having no purpose. purposeless destruction. doelloos دون هَدَف، دون غايَة أو مَغْزى безцелен sem finalidade zbytečný ziellos meningsløs άσκοπος, χωρίς νόημα sin sentido; sin propósito sihitu بی هدف tarkoitukseton inutile חֲסַר מַטָרָה निरूद्देश्यता से céltalan tanpa tujuan tilgangslaus inutile 目的のない 무의미한 betikslis bezjēdzīgs; bezmērķīgs tdk bererti zinloosformålsløs, unyttigbezcelowy بي هدفه،بي مقصده sem finalidade inutil, fără rost бесцельный; бессмысленный zbytočný nesmiseln uzaludan mening...
20. intentionally. He did it purposely to attract my attention. doelbewus قَصْدا، عَمْدا нарочно de propósito záměrně vorsätzlich med vilje επίτηδεςa propósito, expresamente nimme عمداً tarkoituksellisesti exprèsבכוונה जानबूझकर szándékosan dengan sengaja af ásettu ráði di proposito, apposta わざと 의도적으로 tyčia ar nodomu/nolūku dgn sengaja opzettelijk med vilje/hensikt celowo په قصدى ډول de propósito (în mod) ex­pres; dinadins нарочно zámerne namenoma namerno avsiktligt อย่างจงใจ bilerek, kasten 特意地，故...
21. made or built for a particular need or purpose. People who use wheelchairs sometimes live in purpose-built houses. doelgebou مبْني لِهَدَفٍ مُعَيَّن специално направен de construção especial účelový spezialgefertigt specialbygget ειδικής κατασκευής construido especialmente (para) kindlal eesmärgil ehitatud برای منظور خاصی ساخته شده varta vasten tehty fonctionnalisé נִבנָה לְמַטָרָה speciális dibangun khusus sérbyggður (costruito appositamente) 特注の (어떤 목적을 위해) 특별히 건립된 specialiai pastatytas īpa...

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Examples

“What is the purpose of your visit?”

“The device can be used for both civilian and military purposes.”

“In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.”

“The exceptionally small gate-leg table served the purpose of a tea table admirably.”

“The purpose of the gall-bladder is obviously to permit the accumulation of bile, when it is not wanted in the intestine; and we find it most constantly present in those tribes of animals, which live upon animal food”

“As with all life forms, the sole purpose of a virus is to ensure reproduction in kind.”

“Is it the purpose of mosquitoes to ultimately provide calories to large birds of prey?”

“The purpose of the dance is to attract attention to the returning worker bee so she can share the odor of the nectar with other workers who will then follow the odor trail to the source.”

“Furthermore, since the purpose of DNA is to translate to proteins, a valid solution on its origin needs to describe the mechanism by which the complementary base pairs map to amino acids.”

“Before being hospitalized, Thea filled her days with work that gave her life purpose. Whether it was teaching, writing, or investing in relationships, Thea was busily and actively engaged in activity that she could feel good about.”

“This place gave him purpose, gave him joy. It was both his life and his lifeline and she was both thrilled and relieved that he'd recovered enough to be able to maintain the place.”

“A sense of belonging helps to ground the individual by providing a particular way of being in the world which, in turn, helps individuals to make meaning of their life experiences and gives them a sense of purpose, including a sense of responsibility to the group to which one belongs.”

“He wanted her to know that she gave him purpose, gave him the will to live after he lost Kaylah. He wanted her to know that, no, the diamond wasn't precious enough to symbolize how much he cherished her breath,[…]”

“[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.”

“Perhaps you have heard that there was once some purpose of marriage between the Duc de Joyeuse and myself; it is of that which I have to tell.”

“United began with more purpose in the early phase of the second half and Liverpool were grateful for Glen Johnson's crucial block from Young's goalbound shot.”

“Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.”

“[…]he was woont to ſpeake plaine, and to the purpoſe (like an honeſt man and a ſouldier) […]”

“The speech he made was so little to the purpose, that I shall not trouble my Readers with an account of it; and I believe was not so much designed by the Knight himself to inform the Court, as to give him a figure in my eye[…]”

“The duke was restless and thoughtful the whole evening, often changed the discourse; like an absent man; and abruptly, quite from the purpose; asked the marshal, "If in his military expeditions, he had ever undertaken any affair of consequence in the night."”

“But now, forasmuch as you have stopt up a few shards in these your last tedious commentaries, though very hardly and quite from the purpose, […]”

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