original purpose
collocation in Englishmeaningsoforiginalandpurpose
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original
adjective
uk/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition oforiginalandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Earlier today arguments were put forward concerning the basis of the original foundation, and itsoriginalpurpose.
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How near or how far is the new purpose to be from theoriginalpurpose?
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Catering for such people was theoriginalpurposeof municipal housing.
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Once started, any levy, tax or imposition can always be kept on after itsoriginalpurposehas gone.
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These premises were even at the beginning inadequate for theiroriginalpurpose.
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This is true for the military as an institution because it politicises a previously apolitical organisation to the detriment of itsoriginalpurpose, war preparedness.
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Theoriginalpurposeof location recording was to gather music in and around the city chosen.
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Upon convection, the resulting disturbances dramatically disfigured the cavity surface, thus negating theoriginalpurpose.
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At some later time, the pit ceased to be used for itsoriginalpurpose.
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Most of them were rapidly rendered obsolete by legislation passed in 1926, and today only a handful still serve theiroriginalpurpose.
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But this use of the instrument goes against the grain of itsoriginalpurpose.
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Instead of serving itsoriginalpurpose, in such circumstances it can end up as little more than an elevated dustbin for complaints against the state.
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Why should such rituals of verification, which have a problematic connection to their overtoriginalpurpose, have spread so rapidly and deeply throughout society?
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This ensures that each hidden unit never forgets itsoriginalpurpose, even though it may eventually play a new role in learning to solve current problems.
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Secondly, the two parents used to make a full-sib family are usually genetically diverged because theoriginalpurposeof the mating is to exploit possible heterosis.
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They were very rapidly widened from theiroriginalpurpose.
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It is important to link the scheme with itsoriginalpurpose.
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He said that theoriginalpurposeof the fats was no longer any good.
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