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1. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
   "his purpose was to provide a new translation";
   - intent, intention, aim, design
    
2. What something is used for
   "the purpose of an auger is to bore holes";
   - function, role, use
    
3. The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose
   "he is a man of purpose";
   - determination

1. Have as a plan or objective
   "I purpose to arrive at noon";
   - aim, purport, propose, intend
    
2. Reach a decision
   "he purposed never to drink again";
   - resolve

Derived forms: purposed, purposes, purposing

See also: functional, nonfunctional

Type of: decide, determine, end, firmness, firmness of purpose, goal, intend, make up one's mind, mean, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, think, usefulness, utility

Encyclopedia: Purpose