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  • 1done on purpose — index deliberate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2purpose — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)pəs[/t]] ♦♦ purposes 1) N COUNT: with supp The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done. The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies... Various insurance schemes already exist for this… …

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  • 3purpose — pur·pose / pər pəs/ n: an objective, effect, or result aimed at or attained; specif: the business activity in which a corporation is chartered to engage pur·pose·ful / fəl/ adj pur·pose·ful·ly adv pur·pose·ful·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dicti …

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  • 4Purpose — is the cognitive awareness in cause and effect linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate actions within a range… …

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  • 5purpose — [pʉr′pəs] vt., vi. purposed, purposing [ME purposen < OFr porposer, var. of proposer: see PROPOSE] to intend, resolve, or plan n. [ME < OFr porpos] 1. something one intends to get or do; intention; aim 2. resolution; determination …

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  • 6purpose — ► NOUN 1) the reason for which something is done or for which something exists. 2) resolve or determination. ► VERB formal ▪ have as one s objective. ● on purpose Cf. ↑on purpose ORIGIN …

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  • 7Purpose trust — Wills, trusts and estates …

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  • 8purpose — /ˈpɜpəs / (say perpuhs) noun 1. the object for which anything exists or is done, made, used, etc. 2. an intended or desired result; end or aim. 3. intention or determination. 4. that which one puts before oneself as something to be done or… …

  • 9purpose — n. 1) to accomplish, achieve, fulfill a purpose 2) to serve a purpose 3) to put smt, to a good purpose 4) for a purpose (it was done for a good purpose; we arranged the meeting for the purpose of preventing a strike) 5) (misc.) for all practical… …

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  • 10purpose — pur|pose W3S1 [ˈpə:pəs US ˈpə:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 2 purposes 3 4 on purpose 5¦(feeling)¦ 6 for all practical purposes 7 serve its purpose 8 defeat the purpose 9 to no purpose 10 to the purpose …

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