purpose

n. செயல்நோக்கம், குறிக்கொண்ட கருத்து, (வினை.) எண்ணமிடு, கருத்துக்கொள், கருத்தில்குறிக்கொள்.

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Synonyms

#verb intend, determine, design, resolve, mean, propose #noun intention, design, mind, meaning, view, object, aim, end, scope,point, resolve

Antonyms

#verb chance, risk, hazard, revoke, miscalculate, venture, stake #noun chance, fortune, fate, accident, hazard, lot, casualty, lottery,hit

Pur"pose, n. Etym: [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; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer. As my eternal purpose hath decreed. Milton. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it. Shak. 2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. Instance; example. [Obs.] L'Estrange. In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used. Syn. -- design; end; intention; aim. See Design. Pur"pose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Purposing.] Etym: [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.] 1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.] 2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; - - often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause. Chaucer. Did nothing purpose against the state. Shak. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. Macaulay. Pur"pose, v. i. Defn: To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.] Spenser.

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