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Definition of Purpose
Purpose

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.

Proposal to another; discourse.

Instance; example.

To set forth; to bring forward.

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.

To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

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Purpose Quotations

The purpose creates the machine.
Arthur Young

The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
Pablo Casals

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
Charles Henry Parkhurst

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
Peter Drucker

Purpose Translations

purpose in Afrikaans is doel, oogmerk
purpose in Dutch is doelwit, honk, doel, doelstelling, wit
purpose in German is absicht, Absicht {f}, Zweck {m}, Zweck
purpose in Italian is scopo, proposito
purpose in Latin is consilium, finis, propositum
purpose in Portuguese is alvo, finalidade
purpose in Spanish is finalidad, fin, conato

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