Purpose

Noun

 * 1) An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
 * 2) A result that is desired; an intention.
 * 3) The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
 * 4) The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
 * 5) The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.

Synonyms

 * (target): aim, goal, object, target
 * (intention): aim, plan, intention
 * (determination): determination, intention, resolution
 * (subject of discourse): matter, subject, topic
 * (reason for doing something): reason
 * See also Thesaurus:goal

Derived terms

 * all-purpose
 * common purpose
 * cross-purpose
 * fit for purpose
 * for all intents and purposes
 * game with a purpose
 * general-purpose
 * infinitive of purpose
 * multi-purpose


 * metapurpose
 * purpose-built
 * purposeful
 * purposeless
 * purpose-like
 * purpose loan
 * purposely
 * purpose statement
 * on purpose

Verb

 * 1)  Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
 * 2)  (passive) Designed for some purpose.

Derived terms

 * purposed
 * purposer
 * purposive
 * on purpose

Synonyms

 * (have set as one's purpose): aim, intend, mean, plan, set out
 * (designed for some purpose): intended

Adjectives for Purpose
hellish; undefined; cosmic; syndicating; ambitious; fell; sinister; experimental; better; dire; sworn; pious; excellent; sacramental; critical; reference; avowed; moral; studied; persistent; communal; speculative; lofty; dramatic; practical; underlying; beneficent; voiceless; contrary; serious; artistic; specific; resolute; definite; high; honorable; constant; malignant; reasoned; deliberate; sufficient; laudable; primary; productive; exalted; menial; avowed; large; grim; unchanging; resurging; unswerving; ungenerous; broken; multitudinous (pi); keener; sternest; breeding; sugar-coated; ephemeral; rational; boundless; unaccomplished; restrained; unfathomed; dark; consuming; patient; altruistic; decorative; finite; defensive; distinct; hostile; aggressive; genuine; benevolent; energetic; earnest; common; essential; disinterested; ultimate; sole; poet¬ical; finical; forlorn; flighty; infallible; willful; orbed; insurrectionary; notable; rugged; robust; tragic; humane; philosophical; unheeded; didactic; patriotic; double; extraneous; aesthetic; unchaste; intramural; visual; tolerable; ruthless; noble; corrupt; ulterior; salutary; public; histrionic; educational; patent; malicious; life; manifest; introductory; express; pernicious; heroic; inhospitable; visible; awkward; deadly; theoretical; unvarying; weighty; fraudulent; prudent; propagandist; temporary; deceptive; immediate; precautionary; domestic; abandoned; unsettled; luxurious; salubrious; iron; negative; unlawful; proper; fixed; diabolical; eternal; obstinate; pure.

Thesaurus
advantage, aim, aim at, ambition, animus, aspiration, aspire, aspire after, aspire to, avail, be after, benefit, by design, commitment, conclude, consciously, consider, contemplate, counsel, decide, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication, definiteness, deliberately, deliberateness, deliberation, desideration, desideratum, design, designedly, desire, destination, destine, determinateness, determination, determine, determinedness, devotion, direction, doggedness, drive, drive at, duty, earnestness, effect, end, end use, especially, exactly, expressly, firmness, fix, fixed purpose, function, gain, go for, goal, good, harbor a design, have every intention, have in mind, have in view, idea, immediate purpose, in particular, intend, intendment, intent, intention, intentionally, knowingly, long, mark, mean, meaning, meditate, mind, mission, motivation, motive, nisus, object, objective, obstinacy, office, on purpose, operation, operational purpose, outcome, perseverance, persistence, plan, point, ponder, practicality, precisely, principle, profit, project, proposal, propose, proposition, prospectus, purport, purposefulness, purposely, rationale, reason, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, result, role, sake, scheme, seal, self-will, seriousness, settle, sincerity, single-mindedness, specially, specifically, steadfastness, striving, stubbornness, study, take a resolution, target, tenacity, think, total commitment, ultimate purpose, use, usefulness, utility, view, will, wittingly, work, yearn

Etymology 1
From purpos:, from  purposer:, from  pro: + pausare:, present active infinitive of pauso:.

Etymology 2
From purposen:, from  purposer:

Noun

 * Arabic: (hádaf)
 * Chinese: 目的 (mùdì)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: מטרה (matarah)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 目的 (もくてき, mokuteki)
 * Korean: 목적 (mokjeok)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , țel, țintă
 * Russian: цель (tsel’)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Zazaki:


 * Arabic: (níyya)
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: intentie, bedoeling, opzet
 * French: intention
 * German: Intention, Absicht


 * Hebrew: כוונה (kavuanah)
 * Italian:
 * Polish: intencja
 * Romanian:, obiectiv
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,  ,


 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: vastberadenheid
 * Hebrew: נחישות (nekhisut)
 * Polish:


 * Romanian: determinare
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,


 * French:
 * German: Thema
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: subiect, temă
 * Spanish: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: סיבה (siba)


 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: cauză, motiv, rost
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,

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 * : Zweck

Verb

 * Dutch: van plan zijn


 * Spanish: proponerse