From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishto the purposeto the purposeold-fashionedUSEFUL useful or helpful → purpose
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to the purpose• Thus, Ahab is getting closer to the Purpose of his life.• The management company may be dedicated to the purpose or this activity may be just one of a number of related activities.• The duty only extends to the purpose for which the visitor was allowed entry.• The nature of the assessment should be geared to the purpose of the writing.• We arrive at the degree of convergence necessary to the purpose of interaction and no more.• Father Peter felt that that embraced all things relating to the purpose of the League.• The application to the wider community brings us to the purpose of our gathering in this place dedicated to unity. 