purposes

[ˈpɝpəsɪz]

[ˈpɜːpəsɪz]

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Definition of purposes in English Dictionary

NomBFpurpose
1. plural of purpose.
VerbeBFpurposePRpurposingPT, PPpurposed
1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of purpose.
Plus d'exemples
1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
  - Their principles will cease to be dear to them, whenever they shall cease to subserve the purposes of good order.
  - She had a clipped assurance of manner, a purpose in her step, which seemed to announce to anyone who cared to look that she had reached a decision, and reached it even-mindedly.
  - The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.
2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
  - ...and no man ever knew him intimately who did not recognize and admire his great abilities, both natural and acquired, his large-heartedness and sincerity of purpose.
  - This is the first time a multitransitional study of spectrally resolved rotational ammonia lines has been used for this purpose.
  - The underspecification of the project led to the development of software that was not fit for purpose.

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