1. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
   - intent, intention, aim, design 
2. What something is used for
   - function, role, use 
3. The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose
   "he is a man of purpose"
   - determination

1. Propose or intend
   - aim, purport, propose 
2. Reach a decision
   - resolve

Derived forms: purposed, purposes, purposing

See also: functional, nonfunctional

Type of: decide, determine, end, firmness, firmness of purpose, goal, intend, make up one's mind, mean, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, think, usefulness, utility

Encyclopedia: Purpose

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