The word 'purpose' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it refers to the reason or intention behind an action or event. For example, "The purpose of this meeting is to discuss our company's financial goals for the next quarter." As a verb, it means to have as one's intention or objective. For example, "I purpose to improve my time management skills this year." Example sentence: "The main purpose of this research study is to investigate the effects of social media on mental health."
"I was a little gobsmacked by it and I understood he had a purpose for this but I did not know it," Costa said of the run-in.
The MPs and peers suggested that the new legislation should list every intrusive capability available to the security services and specify their purpose, authorisation procedure and what safeguards and oversight procedures exist for their use.
In the cycling sense, "nervous" refers to a vicious spiral in which the entire peloton is aware that the safest place to be is in the front 20 or so – this is a basic racing principle taught at junior level – with the upshot that every team leader with a purpose wants to be in the first 20 riders with as many of their team-mates as can manage it.
The purpose of this project was to start a conversation with young people and engage them in making something – we now have nearly 50,000 of them to date.
Wikipedia says that "sock-puppetry" – creating a fake online identity "for an improper purpose, such as to mislead other editors, disrupt discussions, distort consensus or avoid sanctions" – is not permitted.
Nor have I come across a clear explanation of exactly how the program could be put to such a purpose.
The purpose was not to produce a useable photo, but to get the scoop on what the target was.
The right to use your name and county of residence for the sole purpose of identifying you as the author of your entry and/or as a winner of the Competition.
The old chestnut about Nato's purpose voiced by the first Nato secretary general, Lord Ismay – "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in" – looked hopelessly anachronistic.
Tillerson repeated his long-held view that renewable energy is not economical yet, adding, "We choose not to lose money on purpose".
I was angry because I knew that I was too young to confront the nihilistic truth that Christmas was suddenly devoid of meaning or purpose.
