| Front | purport |
|---|---|
| Back | pur•port verb, noun verb verb forms word origin /BrE pəˈpɔːt ; NAmE pərˈpɔːrt/ ~ to be/have sth (formal) to claim to be sth or to have done sth, when this may not be true profess The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period. noun word origin /BrE ˈpɜːpɔːt ; NAmE ˈpɜːrpɔːrt/ [singular] the ~ of sth (formal) the general meaning of sth The purport of his remarks was all too clear. |
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