1. (noun)purpose, intent, intention, aim, design an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions Synonyms: intention, objective, use, design, determination, aim, designing, figure, role, purport, function, excogitation, conception, pattern, spirit, blueprint, object, intent, invention, target, innovation, bearing, purpose, plan, heading
2. (noun)function, purpose, role, use what something is used for Synonyms: utilisation, habit, usage, routine, role, social occasion, manipulation, theatrical role, use of goods and services, procedure, function, occasion, character, subroutine, part, determination, aim, usance, purpose, enjoyment, subprogram, employment, mapping, use, consumption, single-valued function, persona, intention, economic consumption, intent, social function, exercise, affair, office, mathematical function, map, utilization, design
3. (verb)determination, purpose the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose Synonyms: purpose, role, determination, conclusion, function, intention, use, aim, design, finding, intent, decision
4. (verb)aim, purpose, purport, propose propose or intend Synonyms: suggest, aim, shoot for, place, pop the question, draw a bead on, aspire, drive, advise, purport, declare oneself, take aim, project, propose, resolve, direct, train, get, take, target, calculate, nominate, point, purpose, offer
1. purpose The aim is the direction in which one shoots, or sometimes that which is aimed at. The mark is that at which one shoots; the goal, that toward which one runs. All alike indicate the direction o Synonyms: aim, aspiration, endeavor, intention, tendency, design, goal, mark, determination, inclination, object, end, intent, purpose Antonyms: aimlessness, heedlessness, negligence, purposelessness, avoidance, neglect, oversight, thoughtlessness, carelessness
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