| slovo | definícia |
purpose
(mass) | purpose
- cieľ, zámer |
purpose
(encz) | purpose,cíl n: Nijel |
purpose
(encz) | purpose,smysl n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
purpose
(encz) | purpose,účel n: Nijel |
purpose
(encz) | purpose,záměr n: Nijel |
Purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Purposing.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]
1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
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2. 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. --Chaucer.
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Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
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I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
which is within the memory of men still living.
--Macaulay.
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Purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. 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.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
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Purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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purpose
(wn) | purpose
n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose,
intent, intention, aim, design]
2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to
bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn:
function, purpose, role, use]
3: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every
movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [syn: determination,
purpose]
v 1: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim,
purpose, purport, propose]
2: reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn:
purpose, resolve] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
generalpurpose
(mass) | general-purpose
- univerzálny |
purposed
(mass) | purposed
- cieľavedomý |
purposeful
(mass) | purposeful
- cieľavedomý |
purposefully
(mass) | purposefully
- zámerne |
all-purpose
(encz) | all-purpose,univerzální adj: Zdeněk Brožall-purpose,víceúčelový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cross-purpose
(encz) | cross-purpose, |
dual-purpose
(encz) | dual-purpose,dvojúčelový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
economic purpose reservoir
(encz) | economic purpose reservoir,hospodářská nádrž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
fitness for purpose
(encz) | fitness for purpose,vhodnost pro daný účel [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
for all intents and purposes
(encz) | for all intents and purposes, adv: |
for all practical purposes
(encz) | for all practical purposes, adv: |
general-purpose
(encz) | general-purpose,univerzální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
general-purpose bomb
(encz) | general-purpose bomb, n: |
multi-purpose
(encz) | multi-purpose,víceúčelový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multipurpose
(encz) | multipurpose,víceúčelový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
on purpose
(encz) | on purpose,schválně on purpose,záměrně Rostislav Svoboda |
purpose-built
(encz) | purpose-built,účelně postavený adj: Zdeněk Brožpurpose-built,účelový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
purpose-made
(encz) | purpose-made, adj: |
purposed
(encz) | purposed,cílevědomý adj: Nijelpurposed,záměrný adj: Nijel |
purposeful
(encz) | purposeful,odhodlaný adj: Zdeněk Brožpurposeful,účelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
purposefully
(encz) | purposefully,záměrně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
purposefulness
(encz) | purposefulness,cílevědomost n: Zdeněk Brožpurposefulness,rozhodnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
purposeless
(encz) | purposeless,neúčelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
purposelessly
(encz) | purposelessly,bezúčelně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
purposelessness
(encz) | purposelessness, n: |
purposely
(encz) | purposely,schválně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
purposes
(encz) | purposes,účely n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
sense of purpose
(encz) | sense of purpose, n: |
serve its purpose
(encz) | serve its purpose,splňovat svůj účel [fráz.] Pino |
serve the purpose
(encz) | serve the purpose,odpovídat účelu Pavel Cvrčekserve the purpose,vyhovovat účelu Zdeněk Brož |
special purpose entity
(encz) | special purpose entity, |
special purpose grant
(encz) | special purpose grant, |
statement of purpose
(encz) | statement of purpose,programové prohlášení web |
to all intents and purposes
(encz) | to all intents and purposes, adv: |
to this purpose
(encz) | to this purpose,za tímto účelem web |
travel purposefully
(encz) | travel purposefully, v: |
you have greatly misunderstood the purpose of ______
(czen) | You Have Greatly Misunderstood The Purpose Of ______,YHGMTPO_[zkr.] |
all-purpose
(gcide) | all-purpose \all-purpose\ adj.
1. not limited in use or function.
Syn: general-purpose.
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Cross purpose
(gcide) | Cross \Cross\ (kr[o^]s), a.
1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse;
oblique; intersecting.
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The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;
interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. "A
cross fortune." --Jer. Taylor.
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The cross and unlucky issue of my design.
--Glanvill.
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The article of the resurrection seems to lie
marvelously cross to the common experience of
mankind. --South.
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We are both love's captives, but with fates so
cross,
One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden.
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3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness,
fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
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He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
--Jer. Taylor.
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4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation;
mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories;
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry
persons standing in the same relation to each other.
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Cross action (Law), an action brought by a party who is
sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same
subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill.
Cross aisle (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a
cruciform church.
Cross axle.
(a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers
at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing
press.
(b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg]
with each other.
Cross bedding (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal
beds.
Cross bill. See in the Vocabulary.
Cross bitt. Same as Crosspiece.
Cross bond, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of
one stretcher course come midway between those of the
stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and
stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8.
Cross breed. See in the Vocabulary.
Cross breeding. See under Breeding.
Cross buttock, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an
unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet.
Cross country, across the country; not by the road. "The
cross-country ride." --Cowper.
Cross fertilization, the fertilization of the female
products of one physiological individual by the male
products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules
of one plant by pollen from another. See Fertilization.
Cross file, a double convex file, used in dressing out the
arms or crosses of fine wheels.
Cross fire (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points
or places, crossing each other.
Cross forked. (Her.) See under Forked.
Cross frog. See under Frog.
Cross furrow, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows
to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the
side of the field.
Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of
a tool, as in the augur. --Knight.
Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or
principal lode.
Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary.
Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book
or register to another part, where the same or an allied
subject is treated of.
Cross sea (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run
in contrary directions.
Cross stroke, a line or stroke across something, as across
the letter t.
Cross wind, a side wind; an unfavorable wind.
Cross wires, fine wires made to traverse the field of view
in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated
head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider
lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes,
etc.
Syn: Fretful; peevish. See Fretful.
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cross-purpose
(gcide) | cross-purpose \cross"-pur`pose\ (-p?r`p?s), n.
1. A counter or opposing purpose; a contrary aim; hence, that
which is inconsistent or contradictory. --Shaftesbury.
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2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers
are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.
--Pepys.
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To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter
to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.
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Dispurpose
(gcide) | Dispurpose \Dis*pur"pose\, v. t.
To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] --A.
Brewer. |
divided divided up shared shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose
(gcide) | distributed \distributed\ adj.
1. spread from a central location to multiple points or
recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms:
{apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled
out}; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; {dispersed,
spread}; {divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the
basis of a plan or purpose)}; encyclical; rationed;
scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; {unfocused,
unfocussed}] Also See: distributive.
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2. spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.
Syn: diversified.
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Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom.
xii. 13.
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In purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. 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.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
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Of purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. 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.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
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On purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. 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.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
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pointless purposeless
(gcide) | meaningless \meaningless\ adj.
having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a
meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of
meaningful. [Narrower terms: {insignificant ; {mindless,
unmeaning ; {nonsense(prenominal), nonsensical ; {pointless,
purposeless ] Also See: insignificant, unimportant,
purposeless, unimportant.
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Purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Purposing.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]
1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
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2. 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. --Chaucer.
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Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
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I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
which is within the memory of men still living.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. 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.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
[1913 Webster]Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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Purposed
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Purposing.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]
1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
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2. 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. --Chaucer.
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Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
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I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
which is within the memory of men still living.
--Macaulay.
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Purposedly
(gcide) | Purposedly \Pur"posed*ly\, adv.
In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design;
purposely.
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A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland.
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Purposeful
(gcide) | Purposeful \Pur"pose*ful\, a.
Important; material. "Purposeful accounts." --Tylor. --
Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]meaningful \meaningful\ adj.
Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a
meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful
pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of meaningless.
[Narrower terms: comprehensible, understandable;
{indicative, significative, suggestive ; {meaty, substantive
; purposeful] Also See: purposeful, significant,
important.
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purposeful
(gcide) | Purposeful \Pur"pose*ful\, a.
Important; material. "Purposeful accounts." --Tylor. --
Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]meaningful \meaningful\ adj.
Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a
meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful
pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of meaningless.
[Narrower terms: comprehensible, understandable;
{indicative, significative, suggestive ; {meaty, substantive
; purposeful] Also See: purposeful, significant,
important.
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Purposefully
(gcide) | Purposeful \Pur"pose*ful\, a.
Important; material. "Purposeful accounts." --Tylor. --
Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.
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Purposeless
(gcide) | Purposeless \Pur"pose*less\, a.
Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. --
Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
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Purposelessness
(gcide) | Purposeless \Pur"pose*less\, a.
Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. --
Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
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Purposely
(gcide) | Purposely \Pur"pose*ly\, adv.
With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination;
designedly.
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In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all
offensive and displeasing truths. --Atterbury.
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So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng
By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. --Pope.
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Purposer
(gcide) | Purposer \Pur"pos*er\, n.
1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
[Obs.]
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2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
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To all intents and purposes
(gcide) | Intent \In*tent"\, n. [OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose,
OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial
noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See Intend.]
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a
design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
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Be thy intents wicked or charitable. --Shak.
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The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the
laws of duties supernatural. --Hooker.
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To all intents and purposes, in all applications or senses;
practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially.
"He was miserable to all intents and purpose."
--L'Estrange.
Syn: Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view;
drift; object; end; aim; plan.
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To be at cross-purposes
(gcide) | cross-purpose \cross"-pur`pose\ (-p?r`p?s), n.
1. A counter or opposing purpose; a contrary aim; hence, that
which is inconsistent or contradictory. --Shaftesbury.
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2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers
are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.
--Pepys.
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To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter
to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.
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Unpurposed
(gcide) | Unpurposed \Unpurposed\
See purposed. |
all-purpose
(wn) | all-purpose
adj 1: not limited in use or function [syn: general-purpose,
all-purpose] |
cross-purpose
(wn) | cross-purpose
n 1: a contrary aim; "at cross-purposes" |
firmness of purpose
(wn) | firmness of purpose
n 1: the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him
through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to
finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness,
firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution] [ant:
irresoluteness, irresolution] |
for all intents and purposes
(wn) | for all intents and purposes
adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, {to
all intents and purposes}, {for all intents and
purposes}] |
for all practical purposes
(wn) | for all practical purposes
adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, {to
all intents and purposes}, {for all intents and
purposes}] |
general-purpose
(wn) | general-purpose
adj 1: not limited in use or function [syn: general-purpose,
all-purpose] |
general-purpose bomb
(wn) | general-purpose bomb
n 1: a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive)
whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing
creates some fragmentation effect [syn: {general-purpose
bomb}, GP bomb] |
multipurpose
(wn) | multipurpose
adj 1: having multiple uses; "a multipurpose tool" |
on purpose
(wn) | on purpose
adv 1: with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that
word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn:
intentionally, deliberately, designedly, {on
purpose}, purposely, advisedly, by choice, {by
design}] [ant: accidentally, by chance,
circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally] |
purpose-built
(wn) | purpose-built
adj 1: designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose
[syn: purpose-built, purpose-made] |
purpose-made
(wn) | purpose-made
adj 1: designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose
[syn: purpose-built, purpose-made] |
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