The phrase "acknowledge the purpose" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the importance of recognizing or understanding the intent behind an action, statement, or document.
Example: "In order to move forward effectively, we must first acknowledge the purpose of this meeting."
Alternatives: "recognize the intent" or "accept the objective".
Michigan state lawmakers are not saying exactly how they plan to change either plan but acknowledge the purpose of their vote Wednesday was to stop the public from ratifying the proposed ballot initiatives.
You see pictures of a llama farm in the Andes or an Inuktikut native in Nunavut, and you think "do these guys really need broadband?" There's a grain of truth to this, but really it's a form of entitled bigotry and a refusal to acknowledge the purpose of civilization, which (briefly stated) is to grow and improve human communities.
So we've taken the marvellous Dr Phil's programme, Seven Steps To Breaking Your Addiction, and adapted it for shoeperstars hoping to break the grip of their own compulsions: 1) Acknowledge the purpose.
Anyway, Mr. Norvell finally acknowledged, "The purpose was to showcase the time competitiveness of the bicycle".
We should find a way to acknowledge the common purpose that links the audience and performers: the desire to reach a different perspective from the one we had prior to our engagement with music.
The principles are: (1) design consistent with ecological principles, (2) design for site-specific context, (3) maintain the independence of design functional requirements, (4) design for efficiency in energy and information, and (5) acknowledge the values and purposes that motivate design.
"It would also fail to acknowledge that the purpose of sanction is also to cause an offender to think again about his behaviour and that, the committee felt compelled to conclude, was what the player had done".
The president's tweet acknowledging the real purpose of the Trump Tower meeting could finally be his undoing.
Rather than acknowledge the meeting's intended purpose — to obtain political dirt about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government — the statement instead described the meeting as being about an obscure Russian adoption policy.
So, when the City Paper says that Snyder has "publicly acknowledged the improper purposes that in fact undergird this litigation," they are not referring to anything that has shades of grey.
Not only has [Snyder] publicly acknowledged the improper purposes that in fact undergird this litigation, but his ever-shifting explication of why the Commentary is allegedly actionable in defamation further reveals his lawsuit for what it is a pretext for punishing and silencing his critics.
