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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: purpose (0.01712 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to purpose.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: purpose
tujuan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: purpose
arah, guna, juntrungan, kegunaan, maksud, pamrih
ajun
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: purpose
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:
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,
role,
use]
3: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
“his determination showed in his every movement”;
“he is a
man of purpose” [syn:
determination]
v 1: propose or intend;
“I aim to arrive at noon” [syn:
aim,
purport,
propose]
2: reach a decision;
“he resolved never to drink again” [syn:
resolve]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Purpose
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
\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
\Pur"pose\, v. i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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