intended purpose
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintendedandpurpose
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intended
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ɪnˈten.dɪd/us/ɪnˈten.dɪd/
the person that you are going ...
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofintendedandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theintendedpurposeis to capture in an implementation-language independent way, the key concepts that are required to represent processes.
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The degree of formality required depends a great deal upon theintendedpurposeof the ontology.
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What is theintendedpurposeof the application?
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Explanation gives answer to why a component is necessary to realize theintendedpurpose.
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A possible distinction could be drawn, however, between theintendedpurposeof the model and how useful it actually turns out to be.
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What matters is whether the repository of knowledge that you are constructing serves yourintendedpurpose.
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Many genetic services have effects beyond theirintendedpurposeor beyond the individual recipient of the test.
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Function of a system is itsintendedpurpose.
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It is used to describe the management of a tree of ambients whoseintendedpurposeof grouping computation resembles our graph of scopes.
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Given the book's price, one can only assume that this is its primaryintendedpurpose.
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In their case, the campaign is not likely to serve theintendedpurpose, and it may actually have the counter-productive effect of rendering such voters more insecure.
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However, historically, neither the importance of the trust lands'intendedpurpose, nor the trust doctrine, have translated into effective land management.
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Any assessment of the measure's reliability should therefore be made relative to thisintendedpurpose.
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So to understand itsintendedpurpose, it is necessary to grasp the existing structure of benefits for pensioners.
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Such studies are expensive and time-consuming, but are necessary to evaluate the usefulness of the test method for itsintendedpurpose.
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Proficient learners identified more frequently the speaker'sintendedpurposeof using an implicature.
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Theirintendedpurposeis to provide physicians and other healthcare professionals with a useful reference for optimizing patient care.
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It also serves itsintendedpurposeas an excellent reference guide for more experienced researchers who may need reminding of the basics of the various methods alongside more specialized reading.
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