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purpose [ˈpɜ:pəs]1. noun( = aim) but m• what was the purpose of the meeting? quel était le but de cette réunion ?• my purpose in doing this is... la raison pour laquelle je fais ceci est...• with the purpose of... dans le but de...2. compounds* * *['pɜːpəs] 1.1) ( aim) but mfor our purposes, we can assume that... — dans l'optique qui nous intéresse, nous pouvons considérer que...
purpose unknown — usage m inconnu
to some ou good purpose — utilement
to the purpose — sout à propos
2) ( determination) (also strength of purpose) résolution f2.on purpose adverbial phrase exprès -
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A n1 ( aim) but m ; for the purpose of doing dans le but de faire ; what was his purpose in coming? dans quel but est-il venu? ; to have a purpose in life avoir un but dans la vie ; for cooking/business purposes pour la cuisine/les affaires ; for our purposes, we can assume that… dans l'optique qui nous intéresse, on peut considérer que… ; for the purposes of this book, I shall confine myself to the 18th century pour (les besoins de) ce livre, je me limiterai au XVIIIe siècle ; for all practical purposes en pratique ; purpose unknown usage m inconnu ; this knife will serve the purpose ce couteau fera l'affaire ; this bag is large enough for the purpose ce sac est assez grand ; put it in the bin provided for the purpose mets-le dans la poubelle prévue à cet effet ; to some ou good purpose utilement ; to no purpose inutilement ; to the purpose sout à propos ; not to the purpose sout hors de propos ;2 ( determination) ( also strength of purpose) résolution f ; to have a sense of purpose savoir ce que l'on veut, être déterminé ; lack of purpose indécision f.B on purpose adv phr ( deliberately) exprès ; I didn't do it on purpose je ne l'ai pas fait exprès ; she said it on purpose to frighten him elle l'a dit exprès pour l'effrayer.
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