Results for purpose

Definitions of purpose:

part of speech: adjective

Purposeless.

part of speech: verb

To determine on some end or object to be accomplished; to resolve; to intend.

part of speech: adverb

Purposely.

part of speech: noun

That which a person sets before himself as an end: aim: intention: effect.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To have an intention.

part of speech: verb transitive

To intend.

part of speech: noun

Design; end or aim desired; settled intention; meaning.

part of speech: verb transitive

To intend or resolve; design.

Usage examples for purpose:

• " I see no purpose to be gained by going into them on this occasion," said Barron, with all the dignity he could bring to bear. "The Case of Richard Meynell", Mrs. Humphrey Ward

• We didn't come here on purpose to talk about it, but we happened in together, and so we thought we would talk it over. "Mrs. Cliff's Yacht", Frank R. Stockton

• So he walked over to Penryn on purpose "Wandering Heath", Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

• I am come to town for this very purpose to beg for something to do. "Oddsfish!", Robert Hugh Benson