purpose
'pә:pәsnoun, verb
A11,323rd most heard wordIn 105 of 2278 videos (5%)heard 166 timeslast on Oct 18, 2026
- n. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- v. reach a decision
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- 3:39Using purpose, I mean the thing you used to charge your phone.使用用途，我指的是你用来给手机充电的东西。English Speaking Confidence When You Forget a Word
- 3:29Into a large bowl, we're gonna add one and three quarter cups or two hundred ten grams of all-purpose flour.在一个大碗中，我们加入一又四分之三杯或210克中筋面粉。Easy Lemon Cupcakes Recipe
- 0:06I'm talking about a place where scientists blow things up on purpose.我说的是一个科学家故意炸东西的地方。4 Things We Can Learn From Explosions
- 2:04So now being able to channel that into Sunny, who's also just as deserving as as Cena was, that's kind of just given me a new purpose.所以现在能够将这份爱倾注到Sunny身上，他也和Cena一样值得被爱，这给了我一个新的目标。Abandoned Dog Wastes Away Waiting Until Someone Changes His Life | The Dodo
- 15:31Yeah, so like overall, it it just it kind of defeats the purpose of using the nice language because it's just it's just a little too much.是啊，所以总的来说，这反而违背了使用客套话的初衷，因为这实在有点过头了。2689 - Don’t Want to Sound Harsh? Soften the Blow with These Phrases
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- on purpose25×purpose flour16×purpose be11×purpose of11×for purpose5×
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sentence'sentәnsn. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a languagerecoverri'kʌvәv. get or find back; recover the use ofrhythm'riðәmn. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of musicdescribedi'skraibv. give a description ofpausepɒ:zn. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of somethinglemon'lemәnn. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
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