stated purpose
collocation in Englishmeaningsofavowedandpurpose
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avowed
adjective[before noun]
uk/əˈvaʊd/us/əˈvaʊd/
stated:
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofavowedandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofstated purpose
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It did open with a brief and vague discussion of the telescope, but itsstatedpurposewas to report discoveries.
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Clearly, any acquired space may be used for anystatedpurpose, and failure or success in achieving the purpose is not attributable to the space.
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For instance, astatedpurposeof an organization may be to sell health insurance plans.
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However, many of the papers fall short of thestatedpurpose.
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Their primarystatedpurposewas to identify schools in need of special treatment.
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The book more than adequately meets the needs of itsstatedpurpose.
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Thestatedpurposeof the book is to communicate to physical scientists in general what is known about the intriguing natural phenomenon with which it deals.
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Is an entry or exit at speed or unhurried, with astatedpurposeor without any particular intent?
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Second, the existence of thestatedpurposedoes not necessarily make faith ultimately self-serving.
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Thestatedpurposeof the album is to bring together and record information concerning diversity in dress, ornamentation, worship, marriage, and funeral customs in one volume.
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Thestatedpurposeof this research was not to establish that a great ape could reach such-and-such a level of (agematched) linguistic performance, in order to silence the discontinuity critic.
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They include care that cannot achieve itsstatedpurposeand care that only increases patient suffering.
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Since it carries thestatedpurposeof professionalism in its title, mission statement, or origin and yet does not sustain that purpose, it reduces the profession's efficacy in society.
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Thestatedpurposeis to introduce the broader community of scientists to the rapidly developing area of nonlinear science connected in one way or another wi6h the ubiquitous soliton.
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Above all, it will fail to attack crime, which is itsstatedpurpose.
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Moreover, he has made it even more difficult to carry out hisstatedpurpose.
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Itsstatedpurposeis to give statutory protection to third parties against the disclosure of information collected by the arbiter.
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By and large, we should accept thestatedpurposeof a visit, be the visitor black, white or brown.
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