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Purpose — 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… … Wikipedia
Purpose — Pur pose, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L. propositum. See {Propound}.] 1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Purpose — Pur pose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purposing}.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See {Propose}.] 1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To propose, as an aim, to one s self; to determine upon, as some end or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Purpose — Pur pose, v. i. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purpose — See: AT CROSS PURPOSES, ON PURPOSE, TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES … Dictionary of American idioms
purpose — See: AT CROSS PURPOSES, ON PURPOSE, TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES … Dictionary of American idioms
Purpose trust — Wills, trusts and estates … Wikipedia
Purpose Driven — The term “purpose driven” comes from the teaching of Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. It originally came into use as a paradigm taught to pastors and other Christian leaders worldwide to help them be… … Wikipedia
purpose-built — adjective Date: 1954 chiefly British built for a particular purpose … New Collegiate Dictionary
purpose — I. noun Etymology: Middle English purpos, from Anglo French, from purposer to intend, propose, from Latin proponere (perfect indicative proposui) to propose more at propound Date: 14th century 1. a. something set up as an object or end to be… … New Collegiate Dictionary
In purpose — Purpose Pur pose, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L. propositum. See {Propound}.] 1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
