purpose1 [pə́:pəs] samostalnik
namen, cilj, nakana; učinek; vsebina, smisel
to answer (ali serve) the purpose služiti svojemu namenu
for what purpose? čemu?
for the purpose of zaradi
on purpose namenoma
to the purpose stvarno, o pravem času
to little purpose z malo uspeha
to no purpose zaman
a novel with a purpose tendenčni roman
to some purpose s precejšnjim uspehom
of set purpose (zlasti pravno) premišljeno, namerno
to suit one's purpose biti pogodu
to turn s.th. to good purpose dobro kaj uporabiti ali izkoristiti
weak (ali wanting) of purpose neodločen