Definition of purpose

noun (n)

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: aim, design, intent, intention
  

  source: wordnet30
• what something is used for (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: function, role, use
  

  source: wordnet30
• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: determination
  

  Example:
  He is a man of purpose.
  

  source: wordnet30
• That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• propose or intend (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: aim, propose, purport
  

  source: wordnet30
• reach a decision (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: resolve
  

  source: wordnet30
• To set forth; to bring forward. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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