purpose
[ pur-puhs ]
/ ˈpɜr pəs /
noun
verb (used with object), pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.
verb (used without object), pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.
to have a purpose.
Nearby words
purpleheart, purplish, purport, purported, purportedly, purpose, purpose-built, purposeful, purposeless, purposely, purposive
Idioms
on purpose, by design; intentionally: How could you do such a thing on purpose?
to the purpose, relevant; to the point: Her objections were not to the purpose.
Origin of purpose
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English purpos < Old French, derivative of purposer, variant of proposer to propose; (v.) Middle English purposen < Anglo-French, Old French purposer
SYNONYMS FOR purpose
Related formspre·pur·pose, verb (used with object), pre·pur·posed, pre·pur·pos·ing.re·pur·pose, verb (used with object), re·pur·posed, re·pur·pos·ing.un·pur·posed, adjectiveun·pur·pos·ing, adjective
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Examples from the Web for repurpose
Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are trying to repurpose the Republicans as the party of the middle class.
British Dictionary definitions for repurpose
purpose
/ (ˈpɜːpəs) /
noun
verb (tr)
to intend or determine to do (something)
Word Origin for purpose
C13: from Old French porpos, from porposer to plan, from Latin prōpōnere to propose
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Idioms and Phrases with repurpose
purpose
see at cross purposes; for all intents and purposes; on purpose; serve a purpose; to good purpose; to little or no purpose.
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