Purpose I Plan Extra Examples Put Work Fit

• our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
• the plan achieved its primary purpose, if nothing else.
• the purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
• giving too much advance notice would defeat the purpose of the inspection.

purpose

1. the intention, aim or function of something; the thing that something is supposed to achieve
• Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
• The plan achieved its primary purpose, if nothing else.
• The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
• Giving too much advance notice would defeat the purpose of the inspection.
• A meeting was called for the purpose of appointing a new treasurer.
• I moved to London for the sole purpose of working with her.
• I have included this data for the purpose of comparison.
• This project was launched with the purpose of increasing the number of visitors to the region.
• I could find no practical purpose for this app.
• The space station serves several purposes.
• The experiments serve no useful purpose (= are not useful).

Extra Examples

• The school was founded with the express purpose of teaching deaf children to speak.
• a measure introduced for the purpose of protecting the interests of investors
• I put the chair there for a purpose.
• a toy with the dual purpose of entertaining and developing memory skills
• The old mill has been put to good purpose.
• the view that art should serve a social purpose
• The same information can be put to many purposes.
• The drug can be sold for medicinal purposes only.
• He did not want anything to distract him from his purpose.
• She saw being a doctor as her purpose in life.
2. what is needed in a particular situation
• These gifts count as income for tax purposes.
• The building was originally used for commercial purposes.
• For the purposes of this study, the three groups have been combined.

Extra Examples

• For comparative purposes, the populations of three other cities are also shown.
• Let's assume he knows, for the purposes of our argument.
• You will need to have the vehicle valued for insurance purposes.
3. meaning that is important and valuable to you
• Volunteer work gives her life a sense of purpose.
• He believes he has finally found a purpose in life.

Extra Examples

• Encouraged by her example, they all set to work with a fresh sense of purpose.
• a group of individuals sharing a common purpose
• Teachers need to give a purpose to the activities and assignments they give to students.
4. the ability to plan something and work successfully to achieve it
• SYNONYM determination
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• He has enormous confidence and strength of purpose.
5. (of an institution, a system, a thing, etc.) suitable for the function or purpose that it was designed for
• The minister argued that the education system wasn’t fit for purpose.
• The new executive flats are fully equipped and fit for purpose.
• I returned the goods as they weren’t fit for purpose.
6. used when you are stating what the reality of a situation is
• There's still another ten minutes of the game to go, but for practical purposes it's already over.
7. not by accident; deliberately
• He did it on purpose, knowing it would annoy her.
• He slammed the door on purpose.
8. in the effects that something has, if not in reality; almost completely
• By 1981 the docks had, to all intents and purposes, closed.
• The two items are, for all intents and purposes, identical.
9. with little/no useful effect or result
• The government had spent a lot on education but to little or no purpose.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French porpos, from the verb porposer, variant of proposer, from Latin proponere ‘set forth’ (from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’).