Definition of "purposes" []

• Plural form of purpose. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purpose. (verb)

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• "What matters for our purposes is the way in which it explicitly reconceptualizes a theory of managed consumption as one of managed excess."
• "First of all, her first name for all intents and purposes, is Diva."
• "And using the Triangle Shirtwaist Company as any sort of example for modern purposes is rather absurd."