noun · neutral
purpose
UK/ˈpɜːpəs/US/ˈpɜːrpəs/PUR·pose
Band 5-6speakingtask2
the reason for which something is done or created; an intended goal
Examples
“They organised the workshop with the purpose of helping local entrepreneurs.”
“What is the purpose of this experiment?”
“The new policy has a clear educational purpose.”
Band 8 sentence
“The new policy was introduced with the clear purpose of reducing air pollution.”
Collocations
- serve a purpose
- for the purpose of (doing sth)
- with the purpose of
Word family
purpose nounpurposeful adjectivepurposeless adjectivepurposely adverbpurposelessly adverb
Common mistakes
I did it purposeful.→I did it on purpose.
He explain the purpose about the study.→He explained the purpose of the study.
Say it for a higher band
5reason→6aim→7+purpose
Synonyms
aim
intention
Easily confused
reason
“The main reason people move to cities is to find work.”
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