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'pɜːpəsNounцель; намерение; замысел; стремлениеExamples
a good purpose — благая цель
to accomplish / achieve / fulfill a purpose — достигнуть цели
to ponder the purpose of life — размышлять о смысле жизни
We arranged the meeting for the purpose of preventing a strike. — Мы организовали собрание с намерением предотвратить забастовку.
Blue was chosen as the uniform color largely for practical purposes. It is much easier to get grease off of blue than white. — Синий был выбран для униформы в основном по практическим соображениям. Счистить солидол с синего гораздо проще, чем с белого.
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- 1.
Цель , задача
translation added by Nooro / Нуро Zareen Khan - 2.
назначение, цель
translation added by L ГBronze en-ru - 3.
намерение
translation added by Валерий КоротоношкоGold en-ru - 4.
цель
translation added by Наталья Бенис
Word forms
purpose
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | purposed |
| Imperative | purpose |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | purposing |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | purposed |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I purpose | we purpose |
| you purpose | you purpose |
| he/she/it purposes | they purpose |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am purposing | we are purposing |
| you are purposing | you are purposing |
| he/she/it is purposing | they are purposing |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have purposed | we have purposed |
| you have purposed | you have purposed |
| he/she/it has purposed | they have purposed |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been purposing | we have been purposing |
| you have been purposing | you have been purposing |
| he/she/it has been purposing | they have been purposing |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I purposed | we purposed |
| you purposed | you purposed |
| he/she/it purposed | they purposed |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was purposing | we were purposing |
| you were purposing | you were purposing |
| he/she/it was purposing | they were purposing |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had purposed | we had purposed |
| you had purposed | you had purposed |
| he/she/it had purposed | they had purposed |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been purposing | we had been purposing |
| you had been purposing | you had been purposing |
| he/she/it had been purposing | they had been purposing |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will purpose | we shall/will purpose |
| you will purpose | you will purpose |
| he/she/it will purpose | they will purpose |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be purposing | we shall/will be purposing |
| you will be purposing | you will be purposing |
| he/she/it will be purposing | they will be purposing |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have purposed | we shall/will have purposed |
| you will have purposed | you will have purposed |
| he/she/it will have purposed | they will have purposed |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been purposing | we shall/will have been purposing |
| you will have been purposing | you will have been purposing |
| he/she/it will have been purposing | they will have been purposing |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would purpose | we should/would purpose |
| you would purpose | you would purpose |
| he/she/it would purpose | they would purpose |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be purposing | we should/would be purposing |
| you would be purposing | you would be purposing |
| he/she/it would be purposing | they would be purposing |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have purposed | we should/would have purposed |
| you would have purposed | you would have purposed |
| he/she/it would have purposed | they would have purposed |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been purposing | we should/would have been purposing |
| you would have been purposing | you would have been purposing |
| he/she/it would have been purposing | they would have been purposing |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am purposed | we are purposed |
| you are purposed | you are purposed |
| he/she/it is purposed | they are purposed |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being purposed | we are being purposed |
| you are being purposed | you are being purposed |
| he/she/it is being purposed | they are being purposed |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been purposed | we have been purposed |
| you have been purposed | you have been purposed |
| he/she/it has been purposed | they have been purposed |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was purposed | we were purposed |
| you were purposed | you were purposed |
| he/she/it was purposed | they were purposed |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being purposed | we were being purposed |
| you were being purposed | you were being purposed |
| he/she/it was being purposed | they were being purposed |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been purposed | we had been purposed |
| you had been purposed | you had been purposed |
| he/she/it had been purposed | they had been purposed |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be purposed | we shall/will be purposed |
| you will be purposed | you will be purposed |
| he/she/it will be purposed | they will be purposed |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been purposed | we shall/will have been purposed |
| you will have been purposed | you will have been purposed |
| he/she/it will have been purposed | they will have been purposed |
purpose
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | purpose | purposes |
| Possessive case | purpose's | purposes' |