1. purpose - Noun
2. purpose - Verb
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
Proposal to another; discourse.
Instance; example.
To set forth; to bring forward.
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNature creates nothing without a purpose. Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Aristotle
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. Karl Marx
Let your bargain suit your purpose. Irish Proverb
The thousand brilliant accomplishments of the past cannot serve today's purpose. Tibetan Proverb
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. English Proverb