Purpose is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PURPOSE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to intend to accomplish
• To set forth; to bring forward.
• To propose, as an aim, to one\'s self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
• To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
• propose or intend
• reach a decision
• have as one's intention or objective
NOUN:
• the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists
• a particular requirement or consideration, typically one that is temporary or restricted in scope or extent
• reason for which something is done or exists
• 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.
• Proposal to another; discourse.
• Instance; example.
• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• what something is used for
• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose
• a person's sense of resolve or determination
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to resolve to perform or accomplish

Words related to PURPOSE

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Words that contain PURPOSE

purposed13 purposes12 purposely16 repurpose13 purposeful17 repurposed15 repurposes14 unpurposed15 purposeless15 multipurpose18 purposefully22 purposelessly20 multipurposes19 nonpurposeful20 purposefulness21 purposelessness19 purposefulnesse22 purposefulnesses23 purposelessnesses21

How to use PURPOSE in a sentence

• If there are trees about, a branch can be cut to serve this purpose.
• Brown met each argument with another, and was not to be swayed from his purpose.
• One who handles capital with this clear purpose can do more to establish in the earth the kingdom of heaven than any minister or missionary can do.
• It was common to see little assemblies of mechanics meeting together for that purpose after the labour of the day.
• So he invited all the kings to assemble at his court for that purpose on a certain day.
• The Ghunghor Regiment of Infantry, with a squadron of cavalry, and six guns, was sent out in October 1849, for the purpose, under a native officer.
• However, I am not discussing this question, and I have merely made the above quotations for the purpose of showing that Sir W.
• All day long he toiled with a steady purpose, though none were permitted to see the fruit of his labors.
• Is there any indirect method of reaching the same ends? There are, in our opinion, a good many such means, and it is the principal purpose of this book to point them out.
• His purpose in coming to Northampton had been to consult Dr.
• Never write for the purpose of using figures of speech.
• In the meantime, the servants and the ponies were cared for in other places assigned for the purpose.
• For that purpose you shall take, wherever you find it, such ship as is most suitable.
• Thus none of his kinsmen or friends had the least confidence in his stability, but, in the execution of his purpose, his opinion perpetually changed with the greatest rapidity.
• All this was addressed to the bride, who sat near him, but spoken out on purpose that he might hear it.
• The writer of this book freely admits, at the outset, that it contains only the lightest humor, and that its single purpose is to afford amusement.
• Progressive improvement in the condition of man is apparently the purpose of a superintending Providence.
• In studying, for the purpose of illustration, the history of this part of the boundary line it will be found that a change was made in it by the Quebec act of 1774.
• It was so well suited to its purpose that nearly all the territories of the United States have been settled and governed under its provisions.
• He put up his glass, without purpose, and then let it drop.
• The true teacher, like the craftsman, will select now this tool, now that to meet his purpose.
• Everything serves that central purpose, the separation of the offered experience from the background of our real life.

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