noun. The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or goal: synonym: intention.

noun. Determination; resolution.

transitive verb. To intend or resolve.

idiom. (on purpose) Intentionally; deliberately.

idiom. (to good purpose) With good results.

idiom. (little/no) With few or no results.

noun. In biology, the result which a structure tends to secure, without any reference to an intelligent agent.

To propose; intend; design; mean: generally with an infinitive.

To resolve; determine, or determine on.

Synonyms To mean, meditate.

To have intention or design; intend; mean.

To discourse.

noun. A thing proposed or intended; an object to be kept in view or subserved in any operation or course of action; end proposed; aim.

noun. Proposition; proposal; point to be considered or acted upon.

noun. Hence Intended or desired effect; practical advantage or result; use; subject or matter in hand; question at issue: as, to speak to the purpose.

noun. Intention; design; resolve; resolution; determination.

noun. Import; meaning: purport; intent.

noun. Discourse; conversation.

noun. Instance; example.

noun. plural A sort of conversational game. Compare cross-purpose, 2.

noun. A dance resembling a cotillion, a characteristic feature of which was the introduction of confidential or coquettish conversation.

transitive verb. To set forth; to bring forward.

transitive verb. 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.

noun. 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. Proposal to another; discourse.

noun. Instance; example.

noun. with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.

noun. undefined

noun. undefined

intransitive verb. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

noun. An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.

noun. A result that is desired; an intention.

noun. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.

noun. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.

noun. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.

verb. Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.

verb. (passive) Designed for some purpose.

verb. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

noun. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

verb. propose or intend

verb. reach a decision

noun. what something is used for

noun. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

"Their first argument is that the very consideration of purpose is deceptive: according to them, true purpose” is unknowable, and its search merely an excuse for courts to act selectively and unpredictably in picking out evidence of subjective intent."

of purpose  to all intents and purposes  to be in purpose  

on purpose  purposed  purposer  purposive  

decide  determine  intend  make up one's mind  mean  

all-purpose  multipurpose  

Masha  act  anxiety  board  body  

advantage  aim  aim  aim at  ambition  

purposed  purposes  purposing