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Translate purpose from English to French

Summary

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purpose:
- sens; utilité; avantage; contenance; contenu; portée; intention
Wiktionary:
- purpose → but, objectif, intention, sujet, dessein, propos
- purpose → but, fin, finalité, intention

English

Detailed Translations for purpose from English to French

purpose:

purpose [the ~] nomen

the purpose (use; intention; drift; meaning)
le sens; l'utilité; l'avantage
- sens [le ~] nomen
- utilité [la ~] nomen
- avantage [le ~] nomen
the purpose (meaning; substance; intention; composition)
la contenance; le contenu; le sens; la portée; l'intention
- contenance [la ~] nomen
- contenu [le ~] nomen
- sens [le ~] nomen
- portée [la ~] nomen
- intention [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for purpose:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
avantage	drift; intention; meaning; purpose; use	advantage; benefit; earnings; economy; fittableness; gain; output; plus point; profit; return; take; upper hand; use; usefulness; utility; value; victory; winning; yield
contenance	composition; intention; meaning; purpose; substance	index; table of contents
contenu	composition; intention; meaning; purpose; substance	content; contents; index; size; table of contents; volume
intention	composition; intention; meaning; purpose; substance	aim; aiming at; aiming for; angle; aspect; attitude; conception; dedication; design; devotion; drift; effort; exertion; goal; idea; intent; intention; interpretation; meaning; notion; objective; opinion; orientation on; outlook; perspective; point of view; purport; reading; scheme; sense; stand; stature; strive for; target; tendency; tendency toward; tenor; trend; version; view; vision; way of thinking; will; wish
portée	composition; intention; meaning; purpose; substance	drift; earshot; hearing; intent; meaning; purport; range; reach; reach of clicks; scope; sense; size; span; stature; stave; tendency; tenor; volume; width
sens	composition; drift; intention; meaning; purpose; substance; use	circumference; compassion; course; dimension; direction; drift; emotion; establishment; excitement; extent; feeling; importance; institute; institution; intent; meaning; measure; organ of sense; passion; purport; sense; sense organ; sentiment; significance; size; stature; tendency; tenor; touch; weight
utilité	drift; intention; meaning; purpose; use	advisability; appropriateness; benefit; desirability; fittableness; profit; relevance; use; usefulness; utility; value
-	aim; design; determination; function; intent; intention; role; use
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	aim; propose; purport; resolve

Related Words for "purpose":

purposive, purposes, purposely

Synonyms for "purpose":

intent; intention; aim; design; goal; end
function; role; use; utility; usefulness
determination; resoluteness; firmness; firmness of purpose; resolve; resolution
aim; purport; propose; intend; mean; think
resolve; decide; make up one's mind; determine

Related Definitions for "purpose":

the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose¹
- he is a man of purpose¹
what something is used for¹
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions¹
reach a decision¹
propose or intend¹

Wiktionary Translations for purpose:

purpose

noun

target
- purpose → but; objectif
intention
- purpose → intention
subject of discourse
- purpose → sujet

purpose

noun

Objectif.
- but → goal; aim; purpose; target; butt; end; intent; objective
Intention d’exécuter quelque chose (sens général)
- dessein → intention; plan; intent; aim; goal; purpose; target; butt; end; objective
parole échanger dans la conversation.
- propos → discussion; insinuation; proposal; intention; plan; intent; purpose

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• purpose	→ but	↔ Behuf — veraltend; in Verbindung mit zu oder im Genitiv: Zweck
• purpose	→ but	↔ Ziel — Ausrichtung oder Endpunkt einer Bestrebung
• purpose	→ fin; finalité; but	↔ Zweck — Ziel, das mit einer Handlung, mit einem Vorgang oder mit einer sonstigen Maßnahme erreicht werden soll; Funktion, der etwas dienen soll
• purpose	→ intention	↔ Absicht — geplante noch nicht abgeschlossene Handlung

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