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consideration
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French consideracion, from Latin c?ns?der?ti?. Synchronically analyzable as consider +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?d???e???n/
- Hyphenation: con?sid?er?ation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
consideration (countable and uncountable, plural considerations)
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- Synonyms: deliberation, thought
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Synonyms: factor, motive, reason
- The tendency to consider others.
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
- Importance, claim to notice, regard.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54
- [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54
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Translations
Middle French
Noun
consideration f (plural considerations)
- Alternative form of consyderation
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purpose
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?p?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??p?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)p?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English purpos, from Old French purposer (“to propose”), from Latin pr? (“forth”) + pono, hence Latin propono, proponere, with conjugation altered based on poser.
Noun
purpose (countable and uncountable, plural purposes)
- An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
- A result that is desired; an intention.
- The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "[2]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
- United began with more purpose in the early phase of the second half and Liverpool were grateful for Glen Johnson's crucial block from Young's goalbound shot.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "[2]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
- The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
- (obsolete) Instance; example.
Synonyms
- (target): aim, goal, object, target; See also Thesaurus:goal
- (intention): aim, plan, intention; See also Thesaurus:intention
- (determination): determination, intention, resolution
- (subject of discourse): matter, subject, topic
- (reason for doing something): reason
Hyponyms
- common purpose
- metapurpose
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English purposen, from Old French purposer (“to propose”).
Verb
purpose (third-person singular simple present purposes, present participle purposing, simple past and past participle purposed)
- (transitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
- (transitive, passive) To design for some purpose. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
Derived terms
- purposed
- purposer
- purposive
- on purpose
Synonyms
- (have set as one's purpose): aim, intend, mean, plan, set out
- (designed for some purpose): intended
Translations
References
- “purpose” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “purpose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- "purpose" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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