ultimate purpose
collocation in Englishmeaningsofultimateandpurpose
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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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Hisultimatepurposewas, no doubt, war, but his proximate purpose was to allow of the most efficient planning of industry and agriculture.
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It has failed for the simple reason that theultimatepurposeof private ownership is to produce profits for the few.
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There is a tendency always to forget theultimatepurposeand to exaggerate the organisation.
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I was only speaking of theultimatepurposeof these funds for the purpose of bringing out the difficulty of this system of ascertainment.
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Theultimatepurposeof archaeology is to understand human societies and their changes.
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Level 4 - meaning which transcends self and others, encompassing cosmic meaning andultimatepurpose.
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Triage in this setting requires a separate analysis and justification; it bears little resemblance to normal civilian triage in itsultimatepurpose.
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The action of grasping the glass will serve theultimatepurposeof filling it with water and drinking out of it (overarching goals).
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This paper draws on experience and observation of two forms of strategic collaborative venture that have been established with theultimatepurposeof improving the public's health.
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Theirultimatepurposeis to assist decision makers by reducing uncertainty, whether one physician for his or her patients or a medical care system for its population.
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After all, they are coming here to work, and, although study may be theirultimatepurpose, it is incidental to their taking employment here.
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This is another set of instruments whoseultimatepurposeis to intensify police cooperation and make it effective.
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I believe that theultimatepurposeof our educational system is to promote civilised values in our community.
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We do not believe there is anyultimatepurposein life.
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We cannot see through this mass of figures one ray of hope that they have anyultimatepurposeother than a hand- to-mouth time-saving policy.
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But myultimatepurposeis to come here only to finish it off.
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This is not in itsultimatepurposemerely the giving of money to people who will agree to go out of business.
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