purposes in the PONS Dictionary

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I.pur·pose ['pɜːpəs] N

II.pur·pose ['pɜːpəs] VB intr form

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accidentally on purpose hum
kao slučajno
misconceive purpose, situation
pogrešno proceniti // procenjivati
that defeats the purpose of this meeting
to čini ovaj sastanak suvišnim
for the express purpose
specijalno za tu namenu
to serve a purpose
služiti nekoj svrsi

purposes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be talking at cross-purposes
jedan u klin, drugi u ploču
to be talking at cross-purposes
ne razumeti se
to do sth for humanitarian purposes
uraditi nešto u humanitarne svrhe
to have a purpose in life
imati cilj u životu
to all intents and purposes
praktično
for that very purpose
tačno za tu namenu
lack of purpose
neodlučnost
that defeats the purpose of this meeting
to čini ovaj sastanak suvišnim
accidentally on purpose hum
kao slučajno
for the express purpose
specijalno za tu namenu

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The short-term radon test kits used for screening purposes are inexpensive, in many cases free.
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The test for legal advice privilege is to establish whether the communication in question was made confidentially for the purpose of legal advice construing such purposes broadly.
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Most manufacturers tune for optimum emissions (running rich to protect the catalytic converter) and fuel economy purposes which can limit performance.
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Employees often work at cross-purposes when their goals, metrics and incentives are not aligned.
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Enough is enough of all those pointless brinkmanship with the government that achieves no purposes except foul up a bad situation even more.
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For these purposes, the existing liability to make a payment may be the defendant's own liability or another's.
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However, another chartered bank then occupied the unused financial space, and the 1929 structure continued in use for banking purposes as of 2012.
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Located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by a vast wilderness, its geographic location is ideal for many of these purposes.
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There had been a demand to make it operational for commercial purposes in the 1990s and again in the 2000s.
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The house was open-plan and could sleep 6 people, with spaces serving multiple purposes.
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