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日本語WordNet
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
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A very common noun meaning intention, goal, or function. Also used as a verb meaning to intend. Key phrases: 'on purpose' (intentionally), 'to no purpose' (uselessly), 'serve a purpose' (be useful).
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Analytic frameworks define terms stipulatively, creating truths by convention rather than discovery, useful for theoretical systematization purposes.
分析的枠組みは用語を規約的に定義し、発見ではなく慣習によって真理を創出し、理論的体系化の目的に有用である。
Here is what the anthropologist concluded after years of fieldwork: that cultural practices deemed arbitrary often serve adaptive functions, though their original purposes may become obscured over generations.
これは人類学者が何年ものフィールドワークの後に結論づけたことである:恣意的と見なされる文化的慣行はしばしば適応的機能を果たすが、その本来の目的は世代を超えて不明瞭になる可能性があるということ。
The doll is anatomically correct for educational purposes.
その人形は教育目的で解剖学的に正確に作られています。
Police use dermatoglyphics for identification purposes.
警察は身元確認のために皮膚紋理学を使用します。
The company's domiciliation is in Luxembourg for tax purposes.
その会社の本拠地は税務上の目的でルクセンブルクにあります。
Chemists salify substances for various purposes.
化学者は様々な目的で物質を塩化する。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz