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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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system
English
Etymology
From Middle French sisteme, systeme (modern French système (“system”)), or directly from its etymon Late Latin syst?ma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from ???- (sun-, prefix meaning ‘with, together’) + ?????? (híst?mi, “to stand”) (from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”)) + -?? (-ma, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is cognate with Dutch systema, German System, Italian sistema, Portuguese sistema, Spanish sistema.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?st?m/
- (General American) enPR: s?s?t?m, IPA(key): /?s?st?m/
- Hyphenation: sys?tem
Noun
system (plural systems)
- A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members. [from early 17th c.]
- Synonyms: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
- (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
- (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
- (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
- (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
- (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
- (psychiatry) A set of alters, or the multiple (“the individual with multiple personalities due to, for example, a dissociative personality disorder”) who contains them.
- (astronomy) A planetary system; a set of planets orbiting a star or star system
- A method or way of organizing or planning.
Usage notes
In attributive use, especially relating to computer systems, the plural is more common than the singular; one normally speaks of a systems engineer and not a system engineer.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shisutemu)
Translations
See also
- network
References
Further reading
- system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- stymes
Danish
Etymology
From late Latin syst?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma, “organised whole, body”), from ??? (sún, “with, together”) + ?????? (híst?mi, “I stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syste?m/, [sy?sd?e??m]
Noun
system n (singular definite systemet, plural indefinite systemer)
- system
Declension
See also
- system on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
- “system” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From English system
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sis.t?m/
- Homophone: système
Noun
system m (plural systems)
- Word used in star system.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma)
Noun
system n (definite singular systemet, indefinite plural system or systemer, definite plural systema or systemene)
- a system
Derived terms
References
- “system” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma)
Noun
system n (definite singular systemet, indefinite plural system, definite plural systema)
- a system
Derived terms
References
- “system” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From French système, from Late Latin syst?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.st?m/
Noun
system m inan
- system (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members)
- Synonym: uk?ad
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) systemowy
Related terms
- (noun) systematyczno??
- (adjective) systematyczny
- (adverbs) systematycznie, systemowo
Further reading
- system in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- system in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
system n
- a system, a way or method of organizing items and knowledge
- a computer system (primarily its hardware)
- a system of restricted sales of alcohol, including state-owned monopoly shops
Declension
Derived terms
References
- system in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- mysets
Welsh
Alternative forms
- sustem
Etymology
From English system.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?s??sd?m/, [?s??st?m]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?s?sd?m/, [?s?st?m]
Usage notes
Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in system is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sustem. Nevertheless, system is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, synthesis/sunthesis for similar examples.
Noun
system f (plural systemau, not mutable)
- system
- Synonym: cyfundrefn
Derived terms
- systematig (“systematic”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “system”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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