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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: cross-purpose (0.01923 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to cross-purpose.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: cross-purpose
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cross-purpose
cross-purpose
n : a contrary aim;
“at cross-purposes”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: cross-purpose
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers
are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.
--Pepys.
[1913 Webster]
To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter
to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.
[1913 Webster]
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