• (America) IPA: /ˈpɝpəs/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜːpəs/


  2. A result that is desired; an intention.
    • 2013, Phil McNulty, "", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
  4. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
  6. (obsolete) Instance; example.
    • , Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists.
      'Tis a common Thing for Captious People, and Double-Dealers, to be taken in their Own Snares ; as for the Purpose in the Matter of Power.
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purpose (purposes, present participle purposing; past and past participle purposed)

  1. (transitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
    • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
  2. (transitive, passive) To design for some purpose.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.
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  • Russian: служи́ть це́лью

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