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General (31 matching dictionaries)

1. purpose: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. purpose: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. purpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. purpose: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. purpose: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. purpose: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Purpose, purpose: Wordnik [home, info]
8. purpose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. purpose: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. purpose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. purpose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. purpose: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. purpose: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. purpose: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. purpose: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. purpose: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. purpose: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
18. Purpose (Algebra album), Purpose (Justin Bieber album), Purpose (Taeyeon album), Purpose (disambiguation), Purpose (film), Purpose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
19. Purpose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
20. purpose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
21. purpose: Rhymezone [home, info]
22. purpose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
23. purpose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
24. purpose: Free Dictionary [home, info]
25. purpose: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
26. purpose: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
27. purpose: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
28. purpose: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
29. purpose: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art (1 matching dictionary)

30. purpose: Literary Criticism [home, info]

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

31. purpose: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
32. purpose: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

33. Purpose: Cybernetics and Systems [home, info]
34. purpose: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

35. purpose: Sound-Alike Words [home, info]
36. PURPOSE: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
37. purpose: Idioms [home, info]

Science (1 matching dictionary)

38. Purpose: Underwater Archaeology Glossary [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

39. purpose: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

40. Purpose: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (purpose) ▸ noun:  an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions ▸ noun:  the quality of being determined to do or achieve something ("He is a man of purpose") ▸ noun:  what something is used for ▸ verb:  reach a decision ▸ verb:  propose or intend ▸ Also see purposing ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to purpose ▸ Usage examples for purpose ▸ Popular adjectives describing purpose ▸ Words that often appear near purpose ▸ Rhymes of purpose ▸ Invented words related to purpose