Definitions for purposes
pur·pos·es

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1. purposes

   Plural of purpose.

   Her purpose is to be a mother in the home and her other purposes include to be a wife to her husband, Director of a social enterprise and volunteer in the local charity shop once a week.

   Submitted by MC Harmonious on November 24, 2015

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'purposes' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1764

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'purposes' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2745

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of purposes in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of purposes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of purposes in a Sentence

1. Bruce Jenner:

   For all intents and purposes, I am a woman.

2. Dennis Lockhart:

   For my purposes I am not in a rush to drop it.

3. Washington Irving:

   Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

4. Kenneth Hildebrand:

   Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.

5. Tom Wilson:

   This system was designed for commercial purposes.

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