avowed 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)
Examplesofavowed purpose
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Theavowedpurposeof the journal was to establish a dialogue between dispersed authors and readers through the accounts published in its pages.
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This is theavowedpurposeof the tax.
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It is our deliberate andavowedpurposeto reduce the competition of children in the labour market.
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Theavowedpurposeof the amendment is to delay ratification by holding a referendum.
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We do not think that this measure should be inflated beyond itsavowedpurpose.
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Theavowedpurposeof the new machinery was indeed to cut out the law courts, to put it quite bluntly.
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In whatever way we advance our views and claims, and despite differences, that is ouravowedpurpose—or at any rate, it ought to be.
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In other words, it was not theavowedpurposeto help the lowest paid as such but to insulate the lowest paid from the rigours of the policy.
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Secondly, have they, by the results they have so far achieved, shown that, given more time, they will be able to reach and achieve theiravowedpurpose?
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If a process is introduced with that as theavowedpurpose, at least we should allow more than a few months to establish whether it achieves that purpose.
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Theavowedpurposeof the ordinance is to retain the processing fees charged at the transfer station to amortize the cost of the facility.
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It was limited to considering whether the present arrangements fulfilled the avowed purposes of the aid programme.
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It is crude, it is clumsy and it is often inefficient in achieving its avowed purposes.
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