sense of purpose
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandpurpose
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofsenseandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsense of purpose
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The health authority's representatives again sought to establish asenseofpurposeand to embody this in a method of working.
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A stagnant economy gives moderate coalitions the cohesiveness andsenseofpurposeneeded to effect change.
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What holds them together is a ' commonsenseofpurposeand a real need to know what each other knows'.
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There was also a challenge to the developing commonsenseofpurpose.
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Asenseofpurposeradiates from these pages, and there are enough ideas to stimulate readers for a long time to come.
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In reality, self-esteem or somesenseofpurposein life are often more or less implicit meta-goals in these models.
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What holds them together is a commonsenseofpurposeand a real need to know what each other knows.
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In the painting, by contrast, that sense of humility before the great unknown is removed; asenseofpurposeattaches to the act of going.
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The second component was having a positive attitude, which had several expressions: having a senseofpurpose-in-life, and generally feeling content or happy.
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I could feel a realsenseofpurposein working in economics.
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Improvisation allows the opportunity to celebrate a sharedsenseofpurpose('where we all play'), error ('collisions') and musical relationships between players ('leaders' and 'followers').
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Yes, they seek profits, but they are equally guided by a core ideology - core values and asenseofpurposebeyond just making money.
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Consequently, each rhetorical tradition uses each communication technology with a distinctsenseofpurpose, audience- author relations, information needs, and organisational patterns.
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The result is an invigoratingsenseofpurposeand direction.
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They contrasted thesenseofpurposethat work provided with the alternative - retirement - which they regarded as inactivity.
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Caring was shaped by the sense of duty and gave an importantsenseofpurpose.
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Put another way, asenseofpurposecannot arise without action or effort, because these affirm the underlying worth of held values.
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She looks at them with a strongsenseofpurposeand in that fleeting moment of transition the ensemble's sound has changed.
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This commonsenseofpurposewas the cause around which the players rallied.
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